11-11-20 THOUGHTS

Verses 7 and 19 serve as bookends in the following passage area.  There are pictures drawn in the following of the people that God chose.  A growing VINE, a vine that continually needed care.  A vine that was hedged about and protected until the hedge was broken down.  
Ps 80:7-19    O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. 8   You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it. 9  You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. 10  The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. 11  It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. 12  Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? 13  A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. 14  O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine, 15  Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself. 16  It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. 17  Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. 18  Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. 19  O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

There surely is RELATIONSHIP in the above.  God’s CARE  for His people who obviously have many problems.  The solution is always in verses 7 and 19.  I believe there are allusions to Christ and the Church here.   We are GOD’S FOREVER PEOPLE!

My Prayer:
Oh God, restore us, and make your face to shine upon us.  You have chosen us in Christ, keep us safe with your might and power.  We are sure that you love us, Oh God.  Make us alive in that great love.   In Jesus name,                Amen