"...Visit This Vine..."

The entire 80th Psalm is a heartcry; a welling up of a spirit; a burdened intercession by Asaph, a man chosen by King David to lead in tabernacle worship, prayer and singing.
revive us) O God of hosts, and cause Your face to shine"
He was not praying for himself, his wife and family, his neighborhood and/or friends, his business dealings, his personal needs, or even his ordained ministry of music!

HE WAS SEEKING GOD'S FACE for the singular purpose of his personal hunger to see God reveal Himself to His people once again. He yearned to witness God's Person and presence like He had been in times past when He visited His people. There is nothing on earth to compare with such an occurrence, that is, with God's personally coming down among His people with His precious presence.

Look at the predominate aspects of Asaph's intercessions. Verse 1: "O Shepherd of Israel...
Who dwells between the cherubims, shine forth!"
Verse 3: "Turn us again, (revive us) O God, and cause Your face to shine".
Verse 7: "Turn us again, (revive us) O God of hosts, and cause Your face to shine".
Verse 14: "Return, we beg of You, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, andvisit this vine"! (please!!!)
Verse 19: Turn us again (revive us again!) O Lord God of hosts, (please!!!) cause Your face to shine!" (Again!...As You have before!)

Any Christian with a heart for God, His glory, His smile, His approval, His power and His presence, will feel his heart within him or hear yearn and burn as he reads such an impassioned prayer!

I am personally encouraged and re-affirmed as I recognize that - at any stage of humankind's existence -there were those who loved God enough to plead and yearn for His personal touch!

Another encouragement is that there seems to be (1) an ongoing interest in His heart to personally meet with such intercessors, and (2) He comes to them, and meets with them, and causes His face to shine upon them, and revives them, as they seek His face to come with a general, overshadowing revival.

"If it would please You, Lord, please "visit this vine" today!" WLB