Psalms 85:10-11 (NIV)
10 Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.
Behold the picture of full redeeming grace. Love and faithfulness will once again be in abundance, more so than in the garden of Eden. Before we heard the message of the gospel there was no peace for we were under the wrath of God because were at that time enemies and God haters. There could be no peace, there was only constant war.
But now, in Christ, love and faithfulness have found their resting place. Where ever God has turned the hearts of the elect to him there will be rich expressions of love and faithfulness. Broken promises will be a thing of the past, ruined families will be no more. They will be our experience only until God redeems his chosen people for good.
Often when righteousness is thought of in our day there are the groans because we have been led to believe that righteousness brings with it no fun, no joy, no pleasure. How have we been deceived in this matter. True righteousness brings with it a profound peace of mind and heart. There is no fear of the future for we have been forgiven and rescued from the judgment to come. There is no fear of the present because we have found our contentment in Christ alone and he cannot ever be taken from us so we have no reason to fear anything in this world. The Scriptures are true that God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and love and a sound mind.
Where there is true righteousness and peace, flowers of beauty will burst from the earth that was once barren and dry. In the very places where we have fought long and hard over sin and evil we will find places of great rest and comfort because of his transforming grace.
The text indicates that this springing forth will be like a seed long buried in the dry ground breaking forth against seemingly impossible forces and springing up to show forth its beauty in all of its God intended splendor. O there is buried deep within this land a revival that will suddenly spring forth and once again display the glories of God. It looks like an impossible event but when God turns the hearts of his people back to him once again we will see righteousness spring forth from the ground and peace will be the ruling king over this land.
So we will pray and claim these promises that one day love and faithfulness will finally meet each other for good, and that righteousness and peace will cover the land as the waters cover the seas.
Until that day Comes I will pray on,