“The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field." -Mt. 13:44 (ESV)

Friday, November 19, 2010

Revival

Charles Spurgeon says, "To say, 'I will revive myself,' reveals that you do not know your true state. If you knew your own true state, you would just as soon expect a wounded soldier on the battlefield to heal hiumself without medicine, or get himself to a hospital when his arms and legs have been shot off as you would expect to revive yourself without the help of God."

It is hard for me to put into words how I feel Christians these days are living. We call ourselves Christians, we try to act a certain way, go to Church, pray before meals, read our Bibles, but what is our personal relationship with Christ really like. Are we crying out for guidence, a revival? Habbakuk prayed, "O Lord, revive thy work." Habbakuk was groaning, he was in need of a radical change. It is only God who can perfect the Church, it is only God who can guide and strengthen our personal walk and relationship with Him. We cannot change our way of life by our little ol selves, and who think he can, is missing the point. Only God can work wonders in our lives.

We need to deny ourselves, to fully give over our lives to God and groan for a revivial, a change in each of our lives. We need to give up all hope of reviving our own selves and stand firm in prayer handing over what we cannot do ourselves, over to God.

Blessings on your revival and the strengthening of your personal relationship with our Lord and Savior.

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