Revival Is (Not) Upon Us!
I know why revival is not upon us.
It has nothing to do with God’s timing. Not because He ain’t sovereign, but because His timing is determined by the readiness of His people. I have seen God sending good people to churches just like that. I have seen 1st time visitors coming not for caregroup, nor service, but for prayer meet. I have seen people coming to church though a less then ideal website; they basically did a Google search for a church to join.
Tell me tell you the truth: God is more ready to give then we are ready to receive!
God is not waiting for the His right timing, God is waiting for His people! I do not doubt the ability of God; His spirit can move and 500 can and would come to know Him overnight.
However, if that is the case, can we contain the 500*?
(500 is a generic number that can be replaced with any digits. 50, 5000, 5000000, etc)
Is our character strong enough to contain the 500?
Can we not get overly prideful and caught up with the fact that it given from Him, and not steal His credit and claim that our programmes and strategies won the 500 for us?
Is our structure strong enough to contain 500?
Do you have enough leaders to lead these 500 people, to teach and mature them into disciples of Christ?
Is our system stable and consistent enough to contain 500?
Do we have systems in place that allows us to grow these people continually, not just once off. Revival is a period of time, not a 3 day conference.
We claim we want revival.
No we don’t.
We don’t desire a revival enough to pray for it everyday.
We do not desire a revival enough for us to grow in our character.
We do not desire a revival enough for us to will our lives to God.
We do not desire it enough to devout our life for His cause.
We do not desire a revival enough to live a life of purity.
We do not desire it enough to stop our sinful ways.
We do not desire revival above our other desires.
We desire revival as much as we desire a bottle of coke; something we do not mind receiving, only.
March 29, 2008 at 4:01 pm
awesome man…. totally agree with you ay. God has been stirring these same thoughts in my heart for a long time now. i believe to that God wants to do something but we need to be ready!
btw - i found out that an aussie plays for liverpool… so i thinks that you are already naturally inclined to love aussies more than kiwis lolzors =D
March 29, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Hi Zach! How are you?? I learned a new term today at the Kairos course: Apostolic Passion: a willingness to suffer and to sacrifice anything in order to see Christ’s Name glorified among all nations.
Cool?
March 29, 2008 at 10:23 pm
You said, “Is our character strong enough to contain the 500? Is our structure strong enough to contain 500? Is our system stable and consistent enough to contain 500?”
Amen!
March 30, 2008 at 12:09 am
I liked that quote at the end.
And well, just thought that this post makes so much sense.
March 30, 2008 at 7:53 pm
Justin-
Yea, I realized i need to repent so much more. Am trying to will everything back down to God. Been praying for it so consistently this time I’m surprised at myself. I think I’m beginning to see the power of a life that is focused.
Dude, that Liverpool dude is shipping out of the team soon i suspect…
(Auntie) Angela-
I’m doing well! Getting back used to the Sinaporean climate. The Oceania people has treat me so well that I’m getting a bit of a rude shock back in my home town. LOL! I’m just trying very hard to get back into the rhythm of things done in Singapore.
Your Karios course sounds interesting. Managed to finish all that homework?
That definition is indeed very cool; I’m committing it to my memory!
Andrew-
Suddenly, it seems like there is so much to do. Gosh. Glad you are on board as well! Amen!
Denise-
Haha, you rare and occasional tagger! Thanks! The quote was just whacked out… I’m happy that I’m not the only one feeling this way!
March 30, 2008 at 10:42 pm
well said. and haha! the comma at your quote.
“something we do not mind receiving, ONLY”
totally gave the quote more omph!
March 31, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Really touched by this entry ^-^
Keep up this gud stuff~