"The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." - Psalm 126:3
Restore Our Fortunes, O LORD
Psalm 126 A Song of Ascents.
126:1 When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Lord, we come to you this moment in gracious thanksgiving for all the fortunes You have given to this country.
2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, “The Lord has done great things for them.”
Father, have your children always gather in complete gratitude and worship for the gift You have given us, in Your Son, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
3 The Lord has done great things for us; we are glad.
One nation under God, indivisible, given as the most beautiful inheritance to Your Christian Patriots!
4 Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb!
God, we your saints ask for a return to the time that this nation built and relied on the only source of true freedom, Your Son Jesus Christ.
5 Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
We pray for our troops who are Your instruments and their families who with us are sowing Your fields of Grace with tears.
6 He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing his sheaves with him.
We pray for their safety so that they shall return to us, with shouts of Joy!
"The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad." - Psalm 126:3
Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the Christian life, and they will describe their continual conflicts, their deep afflictions, their sad adversities, and the sinfulness of their hearts, yet with scarcely any allusion to the mercy and help which God has vouchsafed them. But a Christian whose soul is in a healthy state, will come forward joyously, and say, "I will speak, not about myself, but to the honour of my God. He hath brought me up out of an horrible pit, and out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings: and he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. The Lord hath done great things for me, whereof I am glad." Such an abstract of experience as this is the very best that any child of God can present. It is true that we endure trials, but it is just as true that we are delivered out of them. It is true that we have our corruptions, and mournfully do we know this, but it is quite as true that we have an all-sufficient Saviour, who overcomes these corruptions, and delivers us from their dominion. In looking back, it would be wrong to deny that we have been in the Slough of Despond, and have crept along the Valley of Humiliation, but it would be equally wicked to forget that we have been through them safely and profitably; we have not remained in them, thanks to our Almighty Helper and Leader, who has brought us "out into a wealthy place. " The deeper our troubles, the louder our thanks to God, who has led us through all, and preserved us until now. Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, "He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad.”
C.H.Spurgeon
Soli Deo Gloria
Lamh Foistenach Abu!
