Quickening

In his psalms, David often asks God to “revive” him, or to “give him life”.  The King James version uses the beautiful phrase “to quicken.”  The fact that repeatedly in Psalm 119 and in other psalms, believers ask God to “quicken” them should make us realize how great our need is for this blessing.  It is David’s way of asking God for grace to meet every day’s needs.  It is equivalent in the New Testament to going to God’s throne of grace, for renewed spiritual strength.  Believers have always desperately needed God’s grace every day to live as will please Him.  May God mercifully “quicken” each of us today.  May He give us the strenghth to obey Him, regardless of the cost or consequences.