"Much of the terminology surrounding revival is geared to events and special circumstances. It is largely "visitation" terminology. We are looking for the God to come in a move of the Spirit. Yet the language is one of abiding, a habitation of the Spirit being built inside each of us.
I reality, revival is not about a large numbers of people discovering the King and His kingdom. Something that is dead spiritually cannot be revived, it must be born again. Revival is for the church, not the world. We must wake up from this sleep.
Revival has three stages; we must return to our first love and learn to be abandoned to His grace and power. Secondly we must be revived in our compassion for the lost; to give our lives in service of the kingdom. The outcome of these two initiatives will increase the final stage reformation where the world will begin to respond to the power and the glory of a risen Lord, cohabiting His people....
Learning to cohabit with God takes time. The pressure of ministry is intense: it can stress us out, make us sick, even kill us, unless we know how to rest in the Lord. It takes discipline to bring ourselves to a place of peace before God, but it is absolutely necessary to a place of peace before God, but it is absolutely necessary to do so. It has taken years of practice for me, but, on most days, I can bring myself to that place of peace in five or ten seconds. It no longer matters what is swirling around me or threatening me, I can still myself before God. I have to: I need to be quiet to hear His voice. God loves to speak in whispers. He rarely answers prayers at the same decibel level at which they prayed.
"Father!" We can shout at Him. "I need to hear Your voice!"
"I know," He whispers back.
"Speak to me," we bellow at the top of our lungs.
"I am," He whispers.
"I need to hear Your voice today!"we blare.
"Shut up and listen," He whispers.
"Be still, and know that I am God," says Psalm 46:10. Meditation is another avenue towards cohabitation with God. The western church must learn to meditate, setting time aside to think deeply about God. It doesn't have to be long: just fifteen minutes or half-an-hour but the more you do it, the more time you'll want to give to Him. I love meditating."
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