Run Back to Him

Psalm 85

English Standard Version (ESV)

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah.

85 Lord, you were ^(B)favorable to your land;
    you ^(C)restored the fortunes of Jacob.
² You ^(D)forgave the iniquity of your people;
    you ^(E)covered all their sin. Selah
³ You withdrew all your wrath;
    you ^(F)turned from your hot anger.

^4 (G)Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
    and put away your indignation toward us!
^5 (H)Will you be angry with us forever?
    Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
⁶ Will you not ^(I)revive us again,
    that your people may ^(J)rejoice in you?
⁷ Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.

^8 (K)Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will ^(L)speak peace to his people, to his ^(M)saints;
    but let them not ^(N)turn back to ^(O)folly.
⁹ Surely his ^(P)salvation is near to those who fear him,
    that ^(Q)glory may dwell in our land.

^10 (R)Steadfast love and faithfulness meet;
    ^(S)righteousness and peace kiss each other.
¹¹ Faithfulness springs up from the ground,
    and righteousness looks down from the sky.
¹² Yes, ^(T)the Lord will give what is good,
    and our land ^(U)will yield its increase.
^13 (V)Righteousness will go before him
    and make his footsteps a way.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+85&version=ESV

God’s love is steadfast, it does not waiver, yet humans love seems to go back and forth.  Often times I think many people believe that if things are going right for them then God loves them but if things are going wrong then they must be doing something wrong because God is punishing them.  It seems like human love is conditional but God’s love is unconditional to a point.  For those that love Him and call upon His name He will draw near.  However, the man that turns from God will be shunned by God.  That’s right, it is not God that moves, it is man. 

Why should we need to be revived?  If we are living a life that focuses on God, that trusts in God, that is faithful to God then there should be no reason to be revived.  To be revived means that we are not in motion yet we need to be but if we are truly in love with God there should be no need for revival.  Yet, we as humans stumble.  Maybe we stumble because we take our focus off of Him but it is not because He takes His focus off of us.  When things go bad we ask Him where He has been?  Yet, He has not moved, we have.

When God’s steadfast love meets with your faithfulness to Him and when your righteousness (right living, by knowing and recognizing God) finds His peace, life will be beyond good because God will be working in and through us.  I said that life is beyond good but not that life will have no troubles.  There is nothing like the peace that God grants us when we are going through tough, difficult times.  Yet we need not blame God but rather trust that He is God and give Him glory, honor, and praise through it all.

If you are feeling you need revived, go to Him, seek Him through reading the Word, praying (which includes listening to His Word), obey Him, trust Him, and be faithful to Him.  God will hear your prayers and heal.  Run back to Him, He is where He has always been and He is waiting for you. 

Seeking Him with all my heart,

Sheila