Revival Part 2

Part 2

Acts 15:16–17 (NKJV)

¹⁶ ‘After this I will return

And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down;

I will rebuild its ruins,

And I will set it up;

¹⁷ So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord,

Even all the Gentiles who are called by My name,

Says the Lord who does all these things.’

When I saw this I wondered why would God set back up the tabernacle of David? Why not Solomon’s? What makes David’s so special?

I researched this scripture and found it to be in Amos 9:11 (NKJV)

¹¹ “On that day I will raise up

The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down,

And repair its damages;

I will raise up its ruins,

And rebuild it as in the days of old;

What is God trying to say?

David’s Tabernacle was different in what way? For one thing David’s house offered a sacrifice not of blood or animal, but of praise and thanksgiving. David sat this tabernacle up on mount Zion. He encamped the tribe of Levi around it with and orchestration of 24 hours day worship. From which the prophetic Psalms were birthed. God is bringing back this form of worship and prophetic anointing back into His house. It will be ushered in through praise and worship. I don’t discredit the music that we have grown in through the years, as the son of a music writer I love it; but we cannot discard the new sound coming up. We may not agree with the style or genre of the music, but there is an anointing that is flowing through it and in it. You may not like it but can’t deny the effects of it.

Then I found the story of Ezekiel vision.

Ezekiel 47:2 (ESV)

² Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate that faces toward the east; and behold, the water was trickling out on the south side.

From what I can see on this the water, is coming out from under the Southeast side of the temple. In alignment if you look at it, this is not from the side where the Holy of Holies is; but from where the alter is. God’s river, His anointing, His glory is found in His presence. And is flowing out from where the alter was, where praise and worship are being sacrificed with thanksgiving to Him.

In turn I was in a meeting the other night and the worship was so intense, that the presence of God was so thick that it could be felt in your breathing. It would hit me like waves at the beach in the chest, one after the other. In turn the people were rejoicing, some people were filled with joy. Others were dancing and there was a freedom that they worshiped in. I was asked later by a friend of what I thought, was it over the top or crazy?

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My answer to him I had to pray about. No I wasn’t one of the ones running around with a flag; no I wasn’t one of the ones dancing. In my own way I did participate though. I soaked, it sounds weird but that is what I was doing. Soaking in the glory. Did I think it was a crazy night, yes. Did I think it was over the top? No I did not.

You see so many people in this day have lived so depressed. Even in the church they have had their joy repressed and in some cases it has been broken. In the case of it being broken, God must first restore this joy. Once it has been restored it bubbles up, and when they are in an atmosphere of freedom and God’s love this bubble up of joy will almost be like a pressure cooker and have an exploding effect. God’s people must have this freedom, it is found in His love.

The people that I am encountering now that have “adapted” if that’s the correct word to use, themselves in the way of soaking in the glory so that even hours afterwards it is as thick as it was in service. After a service recently I found myself eating lunch with some new friends, earlier we were in a service where God’s presence was so thick. I had not felt it that thick in years. Sitting at the table, nearly 2 hours later, they were still “drunk” in His presence. What was this, how could this be? Why would this happen? As I asked myself these questions God answered them directly.

A lady walked in the room and sat at the table. One of the guys recognized her from the meeting and asked her if her arm was better? (She had come for prayer during the later part of the meeting) You could see that she didn’t want to just say no, so she felt it and said, “Ya it feels better.” The young man laughed, “It still hurts doesn’t it?” she replied “yes”. The young man then jumped up almost like someone pulled him out of his seat. “Not on my watch!” he proclaimed, and walked to her. He motioned to the other guys in the group and they followed suit.

You see they still being deep in His presence, were able to crack open heaven right there. They laid hands on her and started to bombard heaven for healing. As they did the atmosphere in the room changed to what it was earlier in service. The young woman was healed and words of knowledge came out that touched her life.

How could this effect the world if we started to take the anointing, the glory and retained it as we went out. I started to think of this more and more. The services I was in afterwards were never as thick as it was at that time. The question is, is that because of me? Am I not making the demand to have that glory?

Revival Part 1

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I remember revival, as a child as being a service that God's glory would fall on. Fall in a sense of the word that you could feel a presence that laid on you heavily in such a way that it was like a HOT HUMID day, at times you might even feel it lapping into your body like waves of pressure. As a child I could remember the adults worshiping into the late hours of the night.

Now as an adult the word revival has been destroyed in meaning by the church that lays dormant. You pass by a church and on the outside they have a sign with the word "REVIVAL" on it. The sign has been up for months and yet the only time there are cars in the parking lot is on Sunday. The other churches have used this word to signify that they have a guest speaker coming.

Why have we forgotten what this word represents? Why have we used it in a sales technique to lure other Christians to our church? Have we forgotten the meaning or are we just guilty of be slanderous to what it represents?

We have a fallen short of the glory of God, and those that call upon the name of the Lord, SHALL BE SAVED! Now as an adult I am perplexed in how to find the equation that equals REVIVAL. I'm searching myself and finding that I have come up short, lacking and unbalanced. What is REVIVAL? Where is REVIVAL?

So I have this burning, hunger and movement that is driving me. My prayer life has exploded; my Bible reading has deepened. Father, show me the equation; let your word open up to me in new revelation. Show me what to do, where to be and what to say. Hear my Lord; hear my hearts desire. Send me...SEND ME...your presence.

In that one keyword SEND, I found myself again pondering if I have been looking at this all wrong. His presence...that's where it happens, in His glory. His glory is found where His presence is, and if I find myself in His presence than I am restored to His glory. In His glory I find myself ... in REVIVAL. I AM REVIVAL!