Revive me!
"My soul cleaves to the dust; revive me
according
to Your Word."
Psalm 119:25
"Revive me, Lord—quicken Your
work
in my soul,
and strengthen that which You have wrought in me.
The love which congeals, the faith which
trembles, the
hope which fluctuates, the joy which
droops—inspire
with new life, new energy, new power! It is of little
importance what others think of me; Lord, You know
that my
soul cleaves to the dust. There is in my heart
more
of earth than of heaven; more of self than of
Christ;
more of the creature than of God. You know
me in
secret—how my grace wanes, how my affections
chill,
how seldom my closet is visited, how much my
Bible
is neglected, how insipid to my taste are the
means
of
grace, and how irksome and vapid are all
spiritual
duties and privileges. Lord, stir up Yourself to
the
revivifying of my soul; quicken, oh, revive
me!"