revival
Is revival needed? A look around at the condition of the world reveals small wars that could become world wide events. The threat of a nuclear war is becoming more of a reality. The United States of America has become a bed for the foulest of sins. These sins are promoted as being acceptable lifestyles. Violence is abounding in our large cities. Teens are becoming more and more lawless in their activities. Safety on the streets is at best questionable. All America is seeking for constant entertainment and material wealth with no interest at all for their spiritual welfare. Our churches are full of materialistic and entertainment seeking pew sitters. Many of our churches are closing their doors either from lack of attendance or a lack of funds. There is no interest in God or spiritual matters. Church members think they are saved and on their way to heaven and are to a large degree those that will never set foot in heaven. There is no respect among the young people for their elders. Kids are living together out of wedlock as though that was the thing to do. If we don’t have a genuine Holy Spirit empowered revival our country and the world for that matter is headed for pure anarchy. What makes matters worse is that Jesus is coming very soon. The amount of time we have left to take the Gospel to the world is vanishingly tiny. If there is no need for revival in these times then there never was or will be a time when it’s needed. So how do we get there?
II Chron.7:14 tells us, “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.” God’s people must begin by humbling themselves. This requires admitting our sin and our failures. All embers of pride need to be abolished. We must not only confess and forsake our personal sins but we must confess all the sins of our people before a holy and loving God. There is a need for full commitment to the need of the hour. We must seek God’s face in prayer with tears begging for a genuine revival that will cause our nation and world to turn to God.
James 5:16 says, “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.” We must confess our wrong doings to each other. There is a need to forgive those who have wronged us and beg forgiveness from those we have wronged. There is a need for us to pray for our relatives, our brothers and sisters in Christ, our neighbors, and those we do not even know. Our hearts need to be hurting for those we know that do not know the Savior. The Tribulation Period is but moments away. The world stage is completely set for the days of wrath of Almighty God. Victory can be had!
James 4:7-10 tells us, “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw night to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.” There is victory available, but it does have a price.
David prayed morning, noon, and evening. “Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and He shall hear my voice.” Psa.55:17 We should pray, pray, and pray. We should beg for revival. Psa. 85:6 says, “Wilt Thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?” Ask for your own personal revival and for those of your house. Do you have relatives that don’t know the Savior? The lake of fire is not a vacation. Ezek.33:8-9 warns, “When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.” At the Great White Throne Judgment will you be responsible for the blood of a brother or sister, aunt or uncle, niece or nephew? Time is running out. If we don’t care for the souls of our relatives, who will? We need personal revival first. Then perhaps if we are sincere and beg God perhaps more than just our relatives will find forgiveness for their sin.
I Pet. 5:6 promises, “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time.” If we will humble ourselves before God almighty and beg for His help to reach our families, He will respond. God cannot lie. He tells us in Num.23:19, “God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?” Jer. 33:3 states, “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” God hears sincere prayer and He answers it, not weakly, but mightily.
As wicked and foul as this world has become, God can turn it around in a moment. In Gen. 18:14a God speaking to Abraham says, “Is any thing too hard for the Lord?” God is able. We must trust Him and do what we must to bring revival to our land. God’s hand of judgment is already falling on the world. The time of Jacob’s troubles is upon us. We must humble ourselves, repent of the sin in our lives, and pray, pray, pray for God to send a Holy Spirit powered revival to this country and to our world. What will you say? Can I ask of you this, “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together?” Psa. 34:3 I am begging God for revival. Please join me!