• By Rev. Chandran J. Lite
  • Posted 11/19/2017


"Restore us, O God" (V. 3,7,19)

An American sports legend Magic Johnson, reveals that he has AIDS. Rumors begin to fly that he is bi-sexual. He is confronted on national television about the rumors. Instead of simply denying them, he begins to boast about how macho he is, claiming to have been to bed with as many as six women at one time ! Is America outraged ? No, President Bush appoints him to serve on a national AIDS commission.

The actress, Suzanne Somers, appears on the TV program, Good Morning America. The appearance is prompted by her agreement to pose nude for playboy magazine. The interviewer asks, "Why would you pose nude for playboy now when you sued them several years ago for publishing nude photos of you?"

Ms. Somers explains that the previous pictures were taken by an amateur photographer and were published without her consent. She laid down two conditions for the new photo spread in playboy. "First, they had to let me select the photographer. And second, they had to let me select the photos used". She then makes the announcement that she decided to get her son (who was 19 at the time) involved in the project. "I spread out the photos on the floor and let him select the ones to be used in the magazine".

(Taken from Dr. Reagan's book, Living for Christ in the end times)

What is the point ? A nation once honored God has plunged into a moral abyss. And the decay has reached the point where, in the words of the prophet Jeremiah, the nation "does not even know how to blush" (Jeremiah 6:15)

Psalm 80 portrays a similar picture of moral decadence of a nation. In three verses 3,7,19 , the psalmist pleads with the Savior, God, to revive and restore the people of God. The psalmist realizes that only Lord God Almighty alone has the power to save the people. They are dead in trespasses and sins. They want God the Almighty to raise them from their dead and damned state.

How is your moral state ? You may not be totally a dead Christian. Some areas of your Christian life may be on the moral downward spiral. Your Sunday-Christianity may be OK. How about your weekday Christianity ? Are you living up-to the expectations of God in your private and public life ? Ask God to restore or revive you, wherever you need restoration. God bless you.


Yours in His Service,
Servant Chandran Lite


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