DAY 3. We all want revival – The question is, “HOW HUNGRY ARE WE FOR GOD?”
KEY THOUGHTS
REVIVAL Is Birthed When There Is A Total Desperation & A Burning Hunger For God.
REFORMATION may be ushered in as we draw near to God in brokenness & humbled repentance. These are of the most needed conditions of our hearts that breaks the status quo of separation from God & can become the shifting factor to bring a whole nation back to God.
SCRIPTURES
Isa 57:15
For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy:
“I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit,
To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.”
Something happens when we call out to God through Spirit-Passioned cries & truthful hearts, that will bring about a move of God – pouring out His Spirit & more of Himself on us.
Psa 145:17-19
(17) The LORD is righteous in all His ways, Gracious in all His works.
(18) The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.
(19) He will fulfil the desire of those who fear Him; He also will hear their cry and save them.
Psa 85:4-13
(4) Restore us, O God of our salvation…(6) Will You not revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? (7) Show us Your mercy, LORD, And grant us Your salvation.
(8) I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace To His people and to His saints; But let them not turn back to folly.
(9) Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land.
(10) Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed.
(11) Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
(12) Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase.
(13) Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.
PERSONAL APPLICATION:
We can learn from the lives of Charles G. Finny who’s outcry to God was, “‘There has to be more, Lord!”, and the many others like John Wesley that said, “It was like the love & power of God just covered him in warmth… like a blanket.”
From the life of our Lord Jesus, who is our greatest example, we learn that a divine heart-connection between a son, a daughter & the Father is the key to His presence & peace.
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.
We can enter His secret place in this hour & get into that place where our deepest cries will touch the Father’s heart. We may petition Him for a breakout of revival in our personal lives & to release us forth in His anointing that breaks the yoke, to change a whole society through His presence & power. Breaking our hearts for what breaks His.
PRAYER:
Holy Spirit,
We thank You for strengthening us as we cry out in earnest desire after God.
Father, revive us as we call upon Your name. That we will be restored & filled up from Your holy presence. That Your face will shine upon us & Your fire burns in our hearts, never to die down. That our lives will make a difference; to change the world “upside down”.
Jesus, we pray that our testimony of You, will meet the hunger for Your love, salvation & victorious presence in every desperate soul we meet along the way.
Psa 80:18-19
(18) Then we will not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
(19) Restore us, O LORD God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!
Psa 84:2
My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
We pray this in Jesus’ name.
Amen
