A True Call for Revival
From LifeWay: Biblical Solutions for Life, by Henry Blackaby: “ATLANTA (BP)–I’ve heard many ‘calls’ for revival recently but with very little teaching and exposition on revival. It seems that in these urgent days there are too few leaders who actually are leading God’s people corporately to repent, pray, seek holiness and return to God.”
Do we not realize that scripturally it is impossible to have a call for revival without a call for repentance? This has always been God’s requirement for His people. The passionate, unceasing corporate prayer that is always present in revival is desperately lacking as well. In short, I see little evidence of sincere brokenness among God’s people for our present condition or the condition of our nation.
We call for revival without actually crying with tears and brokenness for revival. The “call for revival” seems almost like a spiritual fad, with no true passion and sincerity of heart. Many will say “amen” when they hear mention of the need for revival. But the “call” is fleeting and soon passes away. And then we quickly move on to other activity and return to our business as usual with no follow-through by the leaders of God’s people.
We must understand that a true call for revival is first and foremost a recognition that we’ve departed from God. It demands a radical response from God’s leaders and His people. Revival has always been, and remains to this day, God dealing with the sin of His own — not the world….
from my notebook 