Kingdom Revival #4

Posted on FaceBook Nov 19, 2020

KINGDOM REVIVAL #4 Humility, Surrender and Scripture

Hello, Kingdom!

Last time I outlined the recipe for revival, as discussed in 2 Chronicles 7:14. Today we will explore the first ingredient in the recipe: “if My people will humble themselves…”God is telling us that in order for revival to occur, we must first humble ourselves before Him, surrender completely to Him and dig deeper into His Word (Scripture.) Therefore, let’s turn to His Word to walk this out.

James 4:6,7, and 10 tell us, “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble,” “Therefore submit to God,” and “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.” Earlier in James 1:21, he says, “Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.”

So, what is this “implanted word?” John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” A few verses later (14): “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” The Word was Jesus Christ. John 16:13 tells us that after Jesus departs, “when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.” And 1 Corinthians 6:19 tells us, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” And when God is talking to Ezekiel about prophesying a revival of Israel, God says “I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you will keep my judgments and do them.” The Holy Spirit lives in each of us, to guide us to submit to God and walk in His ways, in essence, obey His Word. Jesus is the Word and, through the Holy Spirit, lives in each of us. Therefore, the Word is in us. The Scriptures contained in the Bible are God’s inspired words to man. As believers we must stand on faith that every word written in the original Bible was as God wrote them Himself. Knowing the Word is in us is enhanced by 2 Corinthians 9:8, which says, “And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.”

God has placed in each of us everything we need. We just have to figure out how to access all that knowledge. One way is the same way as our path towards revival: surrender. One of the hardest things for a human in the world to do is give up control of anything, much less everything. Yet that is the first step. There is nothing more humbling than to admit we can do nothing without Him. The more we study Scripture, the closer we draw near to Him, the more we realize that. And here’s a bonus. After telling us to receive with meekness the implanted word, James tells us in the next verse (22), “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.” Just reading Scriptures is not enough. We must walk out what we read. Bring the Scriptures alive through our every action. That’s how revival will begin to sweep the nation. Others, seeing the growth in us will desire to join us in that same journey.

Revival entails a return to the basics, which is found in Scripture. I’m convinced God did not create this pandemic. But He took advantage of it, allowing churches to be shuttered for a time. Individually, we should have maintained our focus on Him, dove more into Scripture, and strengthened our personal relationships with Him, a good step toward Revival. How many of us did that? Next, we will examine the second ingredient in the Revival recipe: Prayer. Until then, be Blessed.