This week, our church is having its annual revival. We have a guest speaker coming to talk each night. It will be a time to refresh, rekindle our fire, and a time to let God “wake up” His church to face the enemy.
If ever we needed that awakening its now!
Let’s face it, Satan has never been more at work in the world than he is now, or more determined to get Christians’ focus off our purpose of sharing God’s forgiveness with others.
It’s a battle out there.
Ephesians 6:12 sums it up as, For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Revival is key whether it’s a weekly event at church or a daily renewal, it helps us to stay plugged in with our source of power. . .God. Through prayer and reading His word we can see the enemy’s attacks for what they are, and then grow stronger in resisting those attacks.
There’s an old hymn by William P. Mackay, written in 1863 called Revive Us Again and it goes something like this.
We praise Thee, O God!
For the Son of Thy love,
For Jesus Who died,
And is now gone above.
Refrain:
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the glory.
Revive us again.
Deuteronomy 31:6 says, Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
If you feel as if the enemy is winning more battles than he should, and you’re a little beat up, your strength almost gone, go to the source of all strength. Pray. Read His word and let Him revive you for battle.
Isaiah 40:31, But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
Mary
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