Preparation for Revival (1)

Our God is totally sovereign. He can choose to send Revival upon any group of people at anytime, anywhere. It is totally in the Father’s hands. However, our God is not haphazard! He values the outpouring of His Spirit, because such a Blessing is no trifle! It is, indeed, His very Life-force that he is giving to His people as a Gift of immense proportions. Our God is, furthermore, a God of great benevolence. Once He pours out His Spirit upon a people, tribe, tongue or nation there is an “overflow” that splashes out upon others who receive the Blessings of this overflow, and “worth” is not an issue. That is Salvation comes to the lost, Healing and deliverance to the needy and the hurting, because, just as He send the “rain upon the just and the unjust” alike (Matthew 5:45), so, too, does He send forth His Spirit of Revival upon the just and the unjust alike ~ Praise Him!

We also know that the truths and the principles of the Christian life are revealed to us in the Word of God, and there is always a balance that we must be aware of and apply, if we expect the Father to hear and answer our prayers for Him to send Revival. This is so important for us to understand. For example, Jesus tells us in Luke 12:48b, “From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.” Those of us who are seeking the LORD God to send Revival to us must understand this and appreciate the fact that we have been abundantly blessed with revelation, teaching, resources and knowledge of His Word, and He will hold us accountable to function accordingly.

On the other hand, regardless of what we do or do not have, what we know or do not know, Jesus also told us in Matthew 7:11 (Luke 11:13), “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give what is good (give the Holy Spirit) to those who ask Him?” We see, then, that there may be some conditions that must be met before we receive this Blessing of Revival we seek. We must be of a right condition – that of being poor in spirit and meek, for example – and we must be of the right state of desire – hungry and thirsty for righteousness, crying out to the Father to be fed!

(To be Continued . . . .)