Revival Part 1

Part 1

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!