Psalm 80:14-19
14 Come back, we beg you, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
Look down from heaven and see our plight.
Take care of this grapevine
15 that you yourself have planted,
this son you have raised for yourself.
16 For we are chopped up and burned by our enemies.
May they perish at the sight of your frown.
17 Strengthen the man you love, the son of your choice.
18 Then we will never abandon you again.
Revive us so we can call on your name once more.
19 Turn us again to yourself, O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.
Make your face shine down upon us.
Only then will we be saved.
What have you done with your grapevine? Have you yielded to God's direction? Are you crying out for mercy?
I love the way Matthew Henry states it:
The Messiah, the Protector and Saviour of the church, is the Man of God's right hand; he is the Arm of the Lord, for all power is given to him. In him is our strength, by which we are enabled to persevere to the end. The vine, therefore, cannot be ruined, nor can any fruitful branch perish; but the unfruitful will be cut off and cast into the fire. The end of our redemption is, that we should serve Him who hath redeemed us, and not go back to our old sins.
Are you serving Him who redeemed you? Or, have you chosen to go back to your old ways? Allow God to be your vine dresser.
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Yes, I am serving the Vine Dresser. He's been pruning as of late, but I welcome his touch. I know that he is after something deeper in me; I pray to always be willing to yield to his touch.
ReplyDeletepeace to you friend as you walk your week. May you find rich fellowship with our Lord on the shores of his love.
~elaine
Aww this is beautiful!! The very first line of the Scripture embraced me!
ReplyDeleteI cry out LORD for your mercy. I pray to abide more in Him that He'd abide in me and consecrate my heart unto His glory.
Praise the Lord Kimberly. Love your heart for GOD!
You are a blessing and a gift to me! Thank you for your encouragement, prayers and support. I am praising God for you!
ReplyDeleteLove the vine dresser.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing this amazing song.
God bless your ministry. In this together, sharing Jesus and the Word.
Beautiful - I shared with my girls who thought it was awesome too. Thank you for sharing. I was looking at your other blogs about living with Fibromyalgia my sister has it too. What a difficult way to live at times and I love the way you live with it...God has blessed you in many ways.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Kelly
I love His Word! May He indeed strengthen, revive and turn us to Himself.
ReplyDeleteBlessings to you!