Psalm 80 The psalmist addresses God as the "Shepherd of Israel"; "Thou who art enthroned above the  cherubim";  and "The Lord God of Hosts."   He repeats his request 3 times, "...cause Thy face to shine upon us and we will be saved."   This phrase echoes the blessing that the Lord instructed Aaron and his sons to speak to the nation of Israel, found in Numbers 6:24-26:

"The Lord bless you and keep you;

The Lord make his face shine on you,

And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His countenance on you,

And give you peace,"

This  blessing was to move Israel to "invoke My Name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them."  To invoke His Name, to put His Name on them, was to call upon His Name.  To seek His Face, O, this is what we need more than anything!  To turn our eyes towards Him,  to want Him looking at us with eyes of grace and compassion, to know that we are in His protective care.  Our Father, our Abba, Daddy wants us to turn from our busyness, from our self-effort, from our distractions and temptations, and look at Him.  For He will give us all we need.  No where else will be find help or life or satisfaction.  

I picture a small child, busy with playing or struggling with something difficult, who turns his head and looks up to his dad. And when he sees his father's face, looking at him, paying attention, and ready to encourage or help, or even rescue him... what relief, what joy, what security that child will know.  What love he will feel from his father and what love he will have for such a dad as that. 

This is what we can do with our Abba, our Heavenly Father, who is the Lord of Hosts!  Amazing!