Having Revival

Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? (Psalm 85:6).

Revival shouldn't be just a few days of evening meetings with a guest speaker. Revival should be a special time with God when we are refreshed and renewed. It should cause our faith and love to spill over into all we come in contact with as we share our joy because we are filled to overflowing. In his book, Transforming Prayer, Daniel Henderson writes, "It is a period of unusual blessing when God brings a supernatural re-enlivening to His people."

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me (Psalm 51:10).

None of the great revivals in history started from the top down. To be authentic, revival, by the very nature of what it is, begins in individual hearts and spreads. It depends on our attitudes, surrender, and closeness to God. It cannot be treated as just another church service or tradition and duty. We must seek God and want revival - first in us and then in our churches, communities, states, nation, and world.

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land  (2 Chronicles 7:14).

And all true revivals start with the same foundation - prayer. A. T. Pierson said, "There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality, that did not begin in united prayer." Christian history has proven the power of revivals and the power of prayer. God is waiting for us to initiate both with our open, yielded hearts.

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