Revival
Revive us, and we will call upon your name, then we will not turn back from You.
Psalms 80:18
What is a revival? It is the zeal or passion towards a cause. May it be zeal or passion towards a nation's principles or a zeal or passion towards a game, revival stirs up the interest and hence enables the cause to flourish.
Similarly is Spiritual revival. We all know and hear from the word of God about the importance of drawing near God and loving Him and the benefits of it.
But most of the time don't have that zeal or passion. We struggle in that area and hence struggle in the broader aspect of our lives.
But God is faithful and wants to help us revive our relationship with HIM. After all, HE alone is our everything, WHO alone can help us, bless us, and take care of us.
Today's verse is a prayer unto GOD our Father who is in heaven, asking HIM to revive our souls.
It means asking GOD to put that zeal and passion in our hearts towards HIM so that we will call upon HIS name so that we go to pray and seek HIM with all of our hearts.
It is one thing to pray with our own strength and will, and it is entirely another thing to pray with God-given zeal and passion.
The latter is much more powerful, pure, and rewarding.
When we have that burning passion of our LORD Jesus Christ in our hearts, our prayers are like arrows reaching the heavens and there can be no hurdle in between that can prevent the prayer from reaching our Father in heaven.
May this be your prayer every day, revive me O LORD, initiate that passion and zeal toward You, and stir up my inner man.
Similarly is Spiritual revival. We all know and hear from the word of God about the importance of drawing near God and loving Him and the benefits of it.
But most of the time don't have that zeal or passion. We struggle in that area and hence struggle in the broader aspect of our lives.
But God is faithful and wants to help us revive our relationship with HIM. After all, HE alone is our everything, WHO alone can help us, bless us, and take care of us.
Today's verse is a prayer unto GOD our Father who is in heaven, asking HIM to revive our souls.
It means asking GOD to put that zeal and passion in our hearts towards HIM so that we will call upon HIS name so that we go to pray and seek HIM with all of our hearts.
It is one thing to pray with our own strength and will, and it is entirely another thing to pray with God-given zeal and passion.
The latter is much more powerful, pure, and rewarding.
When we have that burning passion of our LORD Jesus Christ in our hearts, our prayers are like arrows reaching the heavens and there can be no hurdle in between that can prevent the prayer from reaching our Father in heaven.
May this be your prayer every day, revive me O LORD, initiate that passion and zeal toward You, and stir up my inner man.