Revive us Again

 Revive us Again

 March 29, 2025

Psalms 85:6-13

6 Will You not Yourself revive us again,

That Your people may rejoice in You?

7 Show us Your lovingkindness, O LORD,

And grant us Your salvation.

8 I will hear what God the LORD will say;

For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;

But let them not turn back to folly.

9 Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,

That glory may dwell in our land.

10 Lovingkindness and truth have met together;

Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

11 Truth springs from the earth,

And righteousness looks down from heaven.

12 Indeed, the LORD will give what is good,

And our land will yield its produce.

13 Righteousness will go before Him

And will make His footsteps into a way.

Revival and peace. How are they related? The psalmist lays it out in Psalm 85. He calls out the the Lord, “revive us again”, and then lists all the benefits that follow: rejoicing, loving kindness (mercy), salvation, peace, glory, truth, righteousness and fruitfulness. That’s quite a list! So Lord, revive us again. We need you, the church needs you and our nation needs you, and we need to see all the fruits that follow revival.  It first, we need to seek You. When we find You and you revive our spirits, then we can have righteousness, truth and peace.