Revive Me

Whether it’s lovely spring days, the sweltering heat of summer, endless days of autumn rain in my locale, or blustery snowstorms, we often experience times where we need to be revived. 

Recently in one section of Psalm 119 that I was reading I encountered that two word prayer, “Revive me” three times in just a few verses. 

Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word.

Great are Your tender mercies, O Lord; Revive me according to Your judgments.

Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O Lord, according to Your lovingkindness.

Psalm 119:154, 156, 159

If we’ve been sick or missed some sleep or had to work hard and long we experience the need for reviving – to regain strength or energy, just a sense of life for the moment. 

Such lovely prayers today from the Psalmist who was obviously experiencing some kind of challenge or injustice - “Plead my cause and redeem me.  Revive me according to Your Word.”  He was feeling vulnerable and so was asking for God’s tender mercies to revive Him.

What struck me as I read these verses though was that each of the “Revive me” prayers was followed by an “according to …” and included “Your word, Your judgments, Your lovingkindness.”

Do we trust God’s ways for us to be good for us and to actually revive us when we are worn down and vulnerable?

Are we willing to have God do things in our lives according to His knowledge, His Word, and with lovingkindness?

Well God, there are many of us who experience the need for physical, mental, and emotional reviving today. Life does wear us down and make us vulnerable in so many ways. 

We’re grateful that we can just come to You and ask You to revive us.  We obviously don’t always know what that needs to look like but You do and so with humility and trust we look to You today and ask You to revive us according to Your knowledge, Your word, and Your lovingkindness. 

Come Holy Spirit and revive us. Fill us with the energy and love of God. We know that as You do that, we will definitely experience reviving.  Amen

Well let’s do that.  Let’s let God revive us.  Have a great day.