O LORD, revive your work in the midst of the years!” (Habakkuk 3:2b NKJV)
A revival speaks of things that were alive but are dying out and need to be brought back to life. The greatest revivals in history have happened when the church has been declining and godly people have cried out, “Lord, we need to be stirred up in our faith! Come by your Spirit and quicken us again!”
But a revival is not about us. It’s not about building bigger buildings, or having louder and more dynamic services. When you are filled with the Spirit and God revives you, you start to see people as God sees people – as sheep without a shepherd – and it moves you to help them.
God tells us that the fields are ripe unto harvest, but the laborers are few. When you feel for people and weep for them, when you go out of your comfort zone and you sacrifice and you stretch, that’s when God begins to quicken you and work in your life. He’s looking for someone who will say, “Revive me, not for myself, but that I might become a harvester of souls.”
Ask yourself today: “Where am I serving? Where am I working for Jesus? Do I need revival in my life?”
Read Habakkuk 3:1-4.
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