“Turn us, O God”

This Psalm is about when the Jews returned from captivity in Babylon.  It starts out by telling us what God had done for them:

“LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.

Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.” (v 1-3)

Six amazing things!  Six amazing things God had done for His people because of His love, His compassion and... because of His PROMISES!

So these people, in response to the goodness of God, say, “Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease... Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (v4-6)

God can do the same for us!  “Turn us”… “revive us”!

This happens first when we are born again.  “Turn” from sin and self, and “revive” from being “dead in trespasses and sins”, and then as born-again Christians the LORD is our God, and this is our daily prayer…  “Turn us” and “revive us”, “don’t let us be entangled, snared, tripped up by our weaknesses and shortcomings.  Help us to walk worthy of our life in Chrit! Jesus!”  (Ephesians 2.1-10, Colossians 1.10, Galatians 5.1. 2 Peter 2.20)

This is SO good, and it’s WHAT God HAS FOR US!

Remember, the Prophet Jeremiah said this God’s promises: “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.”  Jeremiah 29.11

Favour…

end of captivity…

forgiveness…

sin covered…

wrath gone…

anger turned away...

“Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease... Wilt thou not revive us again…?