Revival

Revival

 We talk about it all the time.  We believe for it.  We fast and pray for it.  The one thing we do not do is repent to make it happen.  There are secret closets in our lives that we do not want to open or expose to the Lord.  These are our secret places where we go to play.  We think that the little gremlins and demons that live there are just play things.  We can close the door and leave them behind.  The problem is that they will not be ignored.  They bellow and wail and call to us again.  We return for two reasons.  First, to quiet them up because we know that the louder they cry to more the possibility of exposure.  The second reason we return is because we have not realized how deadly they are and how they are slowly sucking the life out of us.  The fervour and zeal that we had the beginning our Christian walk is gone.  They have been able to make us ineffective.  It is time to close these doors forever.  Let them wail and crow.  Soon they will starve and be quiet.  You must never return to these places.  Throw off the weights and sins that so easily beset us.  Now focus on the author and finisher of our faith.  He is the only face we should be seeing.  He is the only one we should be serving.  As the old song says, “Shake off those heavy hands and lift those holy hands.”  Revival will come when we are truly sorry for our sin.  We lament for what we have done and make a decision to stay in that place of prayer until God hears us.  There are two realities either revival will come to our churches or judgment.  Which will you want today?  Repent and see the salvation of your God.  Wishful thinking will not bring revival only true heart felt repentance will.