Revived by Your Word

Posted on by Dave

Over the last few weeks I have been making my way through Psalm 119 for my devotions. I have been taking it slow and only doing eight verses a day. This is so I can really take it in and meditate on the text.

As I have been making my through I have noticed it has used the word revive or revived several times…

Psalm 119:25 NLT
[25] I lie in the dust; revive me by your word.

Psalm 119:149 NLT
[149] In your faithful love, O LORD, hear my cry; let me be revived by following your regulations.

Psalm 119:156 NLT
[156] LORD, how great is your mercy; let me be revived by following your regulations.

In these three verses the writer is asking God to revive him and he asks God to do it by His Word and then following it.

Throughout Psalms we see David and the other writers telling God how much they love His Word and following His decrees. It is a their greatest joy.

As I reflected on this I remembered a conversation I had years ago. I was going through a flat spot in my faith. I had lost my motivation and my joy.

While talking with a wise older woman at church she asked how much time I had been spending in the Bible lately. I realised I was preparing sermons, but not really reading the Bible for my devotions.

Reading the Bible for my devotions is about enjoying God’s Word and meditating on it. It is about letting it sink deep in to your soul and filling your heart. I realised I had stopped doing that.

The older woman prayed for me and asked God to give me a real love for His Word and a desire to spend time in it. After a few weeks of time in the Word for devotional reading I find my motivation and joy coming back.

Like David prayed in Psalm 119:25, “…revive us by Your Word”, it happened to me. I felt my faith come alive again. My desire to read the Bible, pray, serve in church, share my faith all came back.

I was so thankful for the Bible and the wisdom of the older lady at my church. Like a doctor writes a prescription for a sick patient, she gave me the right prescription for my faith.

Prayer

Dear God, please give me a desire to read and meditate on Your Words in the Bible. Help me to read it every day. As I do Lord, please revive me by Your Word. Amen