I Want More

I have a consuming passion in my life right now. It is a passion that God has placed there. I am desperate for revival. I’m not talking about another planned week of meetings with great music and preaching (cds available in the back). I’m not talking about church growth. With all my heart I want to see a heaven-sent, God-glorifying awakening sweep across this nation. This is not just a hope. It is a burden. A fire that will not be quenched. It is eating me alive!

When I share this tremendous burden with people I meet, I get the strangest reactions. I’ve found that this sort of talk elicits 3 different reactions:

1.       Blank stare (maybe with a slight head nod)

2.       “Amen!” (These people acknowledge that “the world’s in a mess” and that “revival” or at least something similar might help.)

3.       Those who actually get it. There is a remnant in which God has implanted a burden for His glory. These people live in a state of brokenness and even discontent because they aren’t living in revival. God is being deprived of the glory that He deserves, and therefore, they cannot be satisfied with the way things are.

Del Fehsenfeld, founder of Life Action Ministries (an awesome organization committed to being a catalyst for genuine revival) defined revival this way…

“Revival is when God bursts on the scene and displays His glory.”

Now, doesn’t that sound more enticing than just another tent meeting, concert, or church service?! Think of it! What if God really did “burst on the scene and display His glory”? What would that look like? Would it look like “church as usual”? I don’t think so.

Genuine revival and awakening cannot be planned, produced, or manipulated. It is a sovereign act of God. It is evidence of His mercy. It is God coming to visit His people and making His glory known.

Do we deserve it? Nope.

Do we need it? Yep.

Will God actually do it? We don’t have to wonder. He’s already promised us…

“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (1 Chronicles 7:14)

Let’s believe God will do what He said He would do.
Let’s do what’s required of us.