Thoughts: This is a prayer for restoration after a 70 year exile in a foreign country. But it is also a good prayer for our time. Our fortunes- not just our economy, but our health, our togetherness, our strength as a nation is lacking.
The Negev is a desert in Judea the southern triangular tip of Israel. It would be uninhabitable were it not for an oasis and streams in it. The poetic admonition "like streams in the Negev" is multi-meaning. In a desert, everyone depends on the precious water. The only trees that grow, grow around the water. Most of the desert animals migrate around the water. So the writer is saying we are in a desert environment that need the Lord's watering hand.
In the dry season, the streams in the Negev all but dry up. But when it rains, the waters flood and the desert blossoms with life. So the prayer is that God will turn our desert into an oasis.
May God do that for us. May He bring us healing and life and restore us to His hope.
Prayer: Lord, restore us like waters in the desert. Bring life to dry ground. Restore our health, our peace, our economy.
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