Why do you pray for revival? Of course, that assumes that
you do. But if you do, then why? Is it because you see how bad things are in
the world and times are becoming increasingly difficult for you individually?
So that you want things to be easier in your life and you want to avoid any
suffering or hard times that might come your way because of your faith in
Christ. Is that why you pray for revival?
When it’s stated like that I think it becomes rather obvious
that this kind of motivation is insufficient and not where our hearts ought to
be. But if that is true then what is the proper reason to ask God to send a
spiritual awakening and fires of revival in the land? I think Hezekiah captured
the essence of a right heart in relation to seeking the Lord for salvation and
renewal in 37:20, “So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”
The glory of God — that’s it — that alone is the primary
reason we should want to see God move in great spiritual awakening. As the
Psalmist also cried out: “Will you not revive us again, that your people may
rejoice in you?” (Psalm 85:6) The focus of our desire for revival and spiritual
awakening should be on God himself, not on any ease and comfort it might bring
to us.
Prayer: Father, help us to get our hearts and our desires in
line with your thoughts and your ways. Help us to know with all our beings that
you alone are God and you alone deserve the praises of your creation. Help us
to see that when you are most glorified in us then we are most blessed in our
lives. Please, Lord, revive us again that we may rejoice in you and in you
alone.
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