I believe that many times when we pray for revival, we have an expectation of what that revival will look like. We have our own ideas of what should happen.
But, are we willing to accept revival on God’s terms? What has happened in the past may not be what God has planned for us now. We must beware of putting revival in a box that we expect God Almighty to adhere to!
His ways and thoughts are far above ours! He is a God of creativity, passion, and power!! Have Your way, Oh God!!
It’s the time of year when new life is bursting forth! I have found myself buying new plants and repotting them for my porch and patio and also repotting old plants to give them a new place to expand their growth. I also have been noticing many brown patches in my acre yard where the grass is suffering because of lack of water.
We don’t have in ground water sprinklers…so we either have to hook up the sprinkler every day and let it run…or I pick up the hose and water it myself. I have to admit that I truly enjoy standing in my yard, with the hose in hand, intentionally watering those spots that need it. As I am watering, I either am listening to worship music through my earphones or I am quietly reflecting on different things that come to my mind.
Most of the time, my thoughts go to the Lord and I talk to Him or position myself to listen to Him – position myself spiritually – intentionally turning my mind and thoughts and spirit towards Him.
A few days ago, as I was standing watering one of the bare spots in my yard, I found my eyes looking at the grass runners that were slowly beginning to reach out across the spot that needed the grass covering.
I began to get a spiritual application from the Lord. This is a frequent occurrence in my life – God revealing spiritual connections to me through physical things. [Thank You, Lord!]
We have “bare places” in our lives that need watering…that need the living water of the Holy Spirit to drench and soak so that new life can spring forth. As we position ourselves to receive the life-giving water from the Lord, “spiritual runners” will begin to not only fill-in the bare places in our own lives…but these “runners” will begin to reach out and connect with others!
The Lord is actively moving in our circumstances and lives to cover our places of lack and need with His abundant grace and provision! Hallelujah! We will begin to see these “runner connections” as we are divinely connected with others…one-on-one and corporately within our own churches and from church-to-church.
Now is the time to seek the Lord and to let Him fill our emptiness; cover our bareness; and release the “runners” of spiritual and physical growth in our lives!
The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him. John 7:38
And He said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give water as a gift to the thirsty from the spring of life. Revelation 21:6
He turns a desert into a pool of water, dry land into springs of water. Psalms 107:35
I had a vision of smoldering coals. I thought of how we used to use charcoal in grills before the use of electric grills came into being.
After the charcoal had been lit… many times the lid of the grill was lowered so the coals could slowly smolder and become the right temperature.
Then the lid was opened…the coals were stirred…and the air that was introduced in the stirring would cause the coals to become hotter and ready for use.
The interpretation that I received was that WE are the coals! The Lord has strategically placed us in places where He will use us to help fuel the Fire that is coming!
Many of us have been going through a season of the “lid being down.” We have been “smoldering” with a hidden fire burning within us.
But, the Lord has determined that the time is right…the temperature is right…and He is getting ready to “lift the lid!”
There will be a STIRRING that He will do within us…within His Church…that will cause the WIND of His Spirit to fan the flame into a blazing FIRE that He will use to bring about REVIVAL!!
Oh LORD!!! Breathe upon the smoldering coals! Fan the flame and may Your Fire burn deeply within us!! Stir us, Lord, and may Your Fire spread to all the earth!
~Tina Roach
Lord, may we passionately pursue You and Your will in our lives! May we be ready and willing to do those things that we see as too big for us to do and not take the “safe” path because we have fear of failure. YOU are our success and our victory!!
Lord, help us to turn from lukewarmness in our lives and in the life of our Churches and kindle a Fire within us that cannot be put out by those things going on around us!
Lord, help us to join together as Your glorious and mighty Church and may we achieve great things in Your Kingdom for Your glory!! In Jesus’ Name, AMEN!
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
“I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.” (Revelation 3:15,16, 22 NIV)
Reflection of Glory! 