Promises of Peace #4

Yesterday we noted that peace is not something we can just create or snatch out of the air. I comes from a proper relationship with God. In Psalm 85 the theme is God's faithfulness to restore his repentant people. 

 4 Restore us again, O God of our salvation,
    and put away your indignation toward us!
5 Will you be angry with us forever?
    Will you prolong your anger to all generations?
6 Will you not revive us again,
    that your people may rejoice in you?
7 Show us your steadfast love, O Lord,
    and grant us your salvation.
8 Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
    for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;
    but let them not turn back to folly.

A key ingredient in revival is peace - knowing that we are right with God, and that everything will be okay. That peace only comes when we call out to Him to intervene, and then wait upon Him to answer. When He does, he will speak peace into our lives. In the last verse we read there is a warning: Once we receive this peace, we can forfeit it by turning back away from dependence and obedience to Him. The more we experience His peace, the less we will want to be without it.