WHEN REVIVAL COMES II
Memorise: Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew
a right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
Read: Psalm 51:1-3; Bible in one year: John 6:60-8:30;
Job 31:5-15
In what areas of your life do you think you need
revival? What do you think you have done that has taken you into a backslidden
state or what deadly error have you fallen into that has put you in danger of
hell and perdition? Today is the day of revival, repentance, forgiveness and
restoration of your joy of salvation. Revival is not miracle-working; it is
increased spiritual interest or renewal in the life of holiness and complete
obedience of a people towards God.
The first thing a man who wants to experience revival
must do is to realise that he or she has sinned, according to Psalm 51:3. In
Psalm 51, we see David praying fervently for revival and restoration after he
sinned against God via adultery and murder. He asked God to have mercy on him;
he craved the loving kindness and tender mercies of God. He pleaded for
spiritual cleansing after acknowledging his sins. This is where many so-called
born again Christians, particularly those who have been pretty old in the faith
often miss it. They feel that they don’t need to say the “sinner’s prayer”
again because of their long-term Christian walk. They are like the Pharisee of
old who went to the temple to display his superiority over the publican (Luke
18:10-14). Whenever a wise man discovers that he has fallen short of God’s
approval and favour due to sin, he throws away his ego and humbles himself
before the One who can forgive and forget. God is easily found when we seek His
face in earnest penitent prayer according to the experience of Manasseh in 2
Chronicle 33:12-13. The Bible in 1 John 2:1-2 says:
“My little
children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin,
we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: And he is the
propitiation for our sins: and for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world.”
What the Lord is telling us in this scripture is that,
it is expected that a child of God should live sin-free, according to 1 John
3:8-9. However, peradventure anyone finds himself in sin, he must quickly cry
to God in penitential prayers so that he may be restored and spiritually
revived again. The next thing is that you must have faith in the word of God
and the blood if Jesus Christ for cleansing. Appropriate the blood of
everlasting covenant and make up your mind not to go back again.
Action Point:
Check your life and see if there is anywhere you have
gone amiss. Do not hide it or pretend as if nothing has happened. Confess it to
God and let him revive and restore you.
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