- Turn again, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven, and see; have regard for this vine…Psalm 80:14 – The people of Israel are the “vine” spoken of in this verse. The image given is that the Lord took this vine out of oppression and slavery and into a beautiful land and planted it. It grew wildly and covered the land with it’s health. Yet, the protecting walls around this vine were broken and this once healthy vine began to see a decline. People ate its fruit and the beasts of the land ravaged the plant. The psalmist, still caught up in the imagery of it all, cries out on behalf of Israel the vine for God to look down from heaven and come through with rescue again for His people. As with the vine in our passage, we too can find ourselves in a season where the health we once experienced is in a decline. People in our lives are tearing at our fruit of peace, love, and joy. The enemy is digging at our life try his best to ravage it beyond repair. In that spot all can seem hopeless, yet in that similar spot see where the psalmist turned. He turned to the God who plucked the vine of Israel out of their last difficult spot and planted them in fresh ground. He knew hope wasn’t gone for God was still there. In your story know hope is not gone for God is still here. Your life may be under heavy attack and as you look, from nowhere is help coming. In such a spot turn to the Lord and ask Him to have regard for you. He sees you, He loves you, and He knows what you are going through. Often He is just waiting for us to come to Him for our help. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3494
- Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved! Psalms 80:3 – Three times this phrase is said within this one psalm. Another way to read this is “turn us again, O God.” See God has already taken care of them and helped them in the past. He had already shown that simply by the light of His face could He save them from all their trouble. Yet even with that knowledge they turned away and here they are asking for God to turn them back to Him. This is sadly the cycle we follow to, we see God’s saving power in our life then turn away once again. Here we must remember God’s grace and love, yet not take it for granted. Know that God forgives and restores us after we sin, but seek to let that cycle not be the constant cycle we are in. Remember the goodness and grace of God and let that help you stay turned in the right direction. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1143
- Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved! Psalm 80:19 – How do you need restoring? Maybe it’s a restoring of your mind back to a place of peace. Maybe the restoring you need is health physically so you can serve once again like you once did. Maybe the restoring is a removal of all this anger built up that just won’t go anywhere. The point of restoration is getting the thing being restored back to the original design. Your original design didn’t have things like worry, fear, anger, pride, and pain in it. It was to be fully devoted to the pursuit and purpose of Jesus. Come then to God asking for that restoration. Ask to be brought closer to that original design today. In that asking and seeking to walk in that direction, there we can begin to see God’s face shine on us. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2040
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