Revival by Reflection

“Quicken me after Thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of Thy mouth” (Psalm 119:88).  “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad” (Proverbs 12:25).  “What reason ye in your hearts?  Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?  But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (He said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.  And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God” (Luke 5:22-25). 

Revival comes by lovingkindness,

And not by mere demands of duty.
The love of God will cure our blindness
To see the splendor of His beauty. 

When heaviness is in my heart

The Lord has taught me where to go,
Reflecting now, as at the start,
That “Jesus loves me, this I know!”

Why would we reason otherwise?

What greater thought can stir joy?
What grander vision fills our eyes?
What sweeter song can we employ?

How was it Christ could pardon sins

When righteousness had called for wrath?
Reflection herein thus begins
To guide us in revival’s path!  

Our Savior healed with a word,

An act He easily displayed,
But pardon could not have occurred,
Without our ransom being paid!

O may we not lose sight of this;

Revival pivots on this fact!
Our Lord turns sorrow into bliss
When we’re reflecting on His act.

We rise to glorify His name

When we recall what Jesus did:
To bear away our sin and shame
His face from spitting was not hid!

Behold the raging lake of fire

Yet waits for those who will reject
The price that pardon would require
And will not on Christ’s love reflect!

Let us who know Him be astonished

And fall in love with Him again!
Let cold hearts thereby be admonished
As we’ve reflected on Him then!

We thank You, Lord, for what we’ve found

With this reflection on Your love!
Reviving waters thus abound
And set our hearts on things above!