WHAT BRINGS REVIVAL?

Some early thoughts about personal revival:

How do you bring about personal revival? Well, the idea of "bringing about" revival is a concern itself. We can't artificially introduce revival any more than we can force someone to become a Christian. Revival comes about when God reveals to us true condition, which could be brutal and might even bring His judgment. While bringing about a powerful result in the end, the process is often harsh. Revival comes when people want to get right with God so desperately that they will humble and discipline their lives in order to restore a right relationship with Him.

Revival is when the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth) shows us how we really are and shows us what God is really like.

Let me quote Bible teacher Penn Clark:

"Revival usually causes us to prioritize our lives around God’s business or what He deems important.

I don’t think we can simply “will” revival to come, otherwise, we would be able to boast that we brought revival by our own efforts. There is something sovereign about every revival that I have read about. However, if we yearn for it, ask for it, expect God to change our hearts and priorities, and will place ourselves at God’s disposal, perhaps He will hear us and come in a more evident way in our midst.

It is important to realize that God does not bring about revival because we are finally spiritual enough, or because we have found the right combination that finally opens it up for us. To the contrary; He brings revival because we are needy. We will not be able to say we merited revival because of our holiness or prayerfulness, God sees our true condition and sends revival to bring us back to Himself."