“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us”
“Make your face shine upon your servant, and teach me your statutes.”
“LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.”
Psalms 80:3 Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved!
Psalms 85:4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us!
1 Kings 18:37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.”
Jeremiah 31:18 I have heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf; bring me back that I may be restored, for you are the LORD my God. For after I had turned away, I relented, and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh; I was ashamed, and I was confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
Lamentations 5:21 Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may be restored! Renew our days as of old—
Psalms 4:6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good? Lift up the light of your face upon us, O LORD!”
How do we know if our hearts are not in line with God and His plans and purpose? What does it take to turn our hearts back to God? How far do we have to drift away from Him before we realize the need to turn back to Him? Tough questions to answer. Let’s look at it another way. What if we chose to stay close and continually grow in our knowledge and understanding of Him, Jesus Christ. What if we determined to commit each day to humbly serving, honoring, following, and obeying Him. What if we devoted time each day to know Him more. What if we listened for His whispers of guidance and leading? What if we ????? There is so much we can and should do to keep from drifting away. The first of which is to have a heart desire each day to know and love and honor and obey and listen and follow Him.
