Day 20

Day 20 of Your Journey
Why Revival? Because God Deserves It

Revival is one of those words that often causes one of two responses. We may shrug our shoulders and say, “What’s the big deal?” We wonder why some people get so worked up over the issue and seem to talk incessantly about revival. It’s as though they have a one-track mind, and they expend all their energy to convince us we should want it too. Then, when we don’t respond with like passion, we feel looked down on.

Another response is to shy away from the concept. It seems mystical and unreal to many of us. The idea of asking God to show up and do some kind of miracle or to reveal Himself as some dramatic apparition just seems a little creepy to us. What’s wrong with our church the way it is? Why do we need to ask for something more?

The important thing to remember is that we pray for revival because we long to see God praised and glorified as He deserves. Revival is about God moving in such an extraordinary way that He becomes the total focus of what is happening.

Have you ever had a moment where God was so real to you that you felt like you could almost touch Him? A time when you realized in a fresh way how wonderful He was and how much He meant to you?

Now imagine that happening to everyone in your church simultaneously—your entire congregation so caught up in God that no one wants to leave the building. Crowds gather to encounter, praise, and submit to the wonderful God who has made Himself known.

That’s what revival is, and that’s why we seek it.


Making It Personal

“Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?” (Psa. 85:6 ESV).