The most crucial time in revival is at the earliest stage when the Spirit is rousing Christians and congregations from their slumber and bringing about an awareness of their deadness. We must make a critical decision about waking up,coming fully awake, and receiving the whole truth about our undoneness and desperate need as God reveals it.
Preparation includes humility, repentance, and prayer (II Chronicles 7:14). Have you ever noticed how frequently God's Word calls attention to the need for humility on the part of God's people? ". . . God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. . .. Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you." (James 4:6,10, NASB) The angel Gabriel told Daniel, whose prayers initiated a great war in the heavenlies, that it was when he began to humble himself before the Lord that his prayers were heard (Daniel 10:12). Even our Lord humbled himself before the Father in prayer and before John the Baptist in baptism, and He submitted Himself to the humiliating attacks of Satan. But the consequences are reported: ". . . Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district" (Luke 4:14, NASB). In Capernaum “. . . they were continually amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority." (Luke 4:32, NASB).
If we humble ourselves, God will continue to speak to us and show us what we need to repent of and how we can more completely prepare for the revival He wants to give.
Preparation includes humility, repentance, and prayer (II Chronicles 7:14). Have you ever noticed how frequently God's Word calls attention to the need for humility on the part of God's people? ". . . God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. . .. Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you." (James 4:6,10, NASB) The angel Gabriel told Daniel, whose prayers initiated a great war in the heavenlies, that it was when he began to humble himself before the Lord that his prayers were heard (Daniel 10:12). Even our Lord humbled himself before the Father in prayer and before John the Baptist in baptism, and He submitted Himself to the humiliating attacks of Satan. But the consequences are reported: ". . . Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district" (Luke 4:14, NASB). In Capernaum “. . . they were continually amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority." (Luke 4:32, NASB).
If we humble ourselves, God will continue to speak to us and show us what we need to repent of and how we can more completely prepare for the revival He wants to give.
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