Some remarkable moves of God have recently broken out with sports teams on college campuses and through movements such as Turning Point USA. We should expect sparks to ignite beyond college campuses to communities, businesses, and almost anywhere people gather.
At this writing, these are still relatively small, but they have the potential to become big quickly. It’s been very dry spiritually, and dry fuel ignites faster. If this is to ignite into something major, we can expect there to be an atmosphere of increasing expectation in these gatherings. This is like fuel in the air before a great explosion. We should be sensitive to the signs of what is happening around us.
The common denominator of revival is an increasing hunger for the Lord. He will draw close to those who draw close to Him. He will be found by those who seek Him, and encounters with God are the most consequential events in history. We can see in the Bible, and in history, that nothing can so change the trajectory of a people like an encounter with God.
Yet, we have the challenge of Psalm 53:2-3: “God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if there is anyone who understands, who seeks after God. Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one.” By this, we understand that any desire for God is unnatural, so it must be supernatural and come from the grace of God. We don’t need to debate if hunger for God is coming from Him or not. It is.
We also know He likes to come to the obscure, the foolish, the weak, etc., as Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1:27-29: “But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him.” So, we should look for Him to move where the proud would not expect Him to move.
When Jesus was born, the only way He could be found was by revelation. This is still true. With Him we learn to expect the unexpected. His ways are much higher than our ways, but He is calling us to come up and to sit with Him where He is—on His throne—and to see from His perspective. However, whether we are present when He first moves is not as important as whether we are prepared to engage and join when He moves.
Just as the Lord sent fire from His presence to light the fires on the altars of the Tabernacle of Moses, and Solomon’s Temple, He will start the fires. However, He commanded the priests to keep them burning. We cannot start revivals, but we must keep them going if they are to last.
If we’ve ever experienced a true revival, which is a visitation from God, it is an atmosphere like no other. If we are touched by it just one time, we will be continually yearning for more. Knowing Him better and getting closer to Him will become the driving force of our lives. Revival is one of the most wonderful things we can experience, and it is spiritually addictive. This can make everything else that is happening spiritually seem boring, which is not reality. However, we would do well to participate any way that we can in a revival, as it is closer to what New Testament church life is supposed to be than anything else. We’ll cover this more later.
There is no such thing as a spirit of revival; it is His manifest presence we’re experiencing. As we were created to have fellowship with Him, drawing closer to Him will touch the deepest yearning of the human heart that nothing but God can satisfy. When we experience this, we will be ruined for anything less in our lives, and we will be propelled into the most exciting, fulfilling lives we can live. But we must keep in mind that the excitement and fulfillment come from Him and that the purpose of revival, and every true move of God, is to draw us to Him.
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