A Prayer for Restoration: Psalm 85-Supplication through the Scriptures
A Prayer for Restoration Psalm 85 When the storm-cloud darkens, Then’s the time to sing. Eben Rexford The previous Post talked about truths we can hold onto during the season of waiting on the Lord. I looked at Habakkuk’s prayer song in Habakkuk 3 written for the people to sing to sustain them while they waited for the day of deliverance. God had been favorable to Israel in the past, and based on His covenant love, they knew He would revive them again. But there would be years of waiting. Psalm 85 has a similar theme. The psalmist remembers God’s past faithfulness, and he calls on Him to rescue them again according to His steadfast love. This is the story for every believer. We can look back at God’s redemption of us at the cross of Christ, and we can rejoice that our sins are covered, God’s wrath removed, just like those of Psalm 85. Yet each of us lives in a world still affected and broken by the curse. We each have areas in our lives where we need the Lord to act in His r...