Revive Us Again

 Revive us Again

November 13, 2024

Psalms 85:6

6 Will You not Yourself revive us again,

That Your people may rejoice in You?

Last Sunday, our pastor preached a message entitled “Revive us Again”. It is certainly a timely message for today. He talked a out the attributes of a true revival and gave a parable about how to cultivate a revival like he cultivates his lawn. I would like to take a little different take on the subject and look at current events in the light of the need for a new revival.

Many of us are happy with the results of the recent election and are looking forward to a revival of the American spirit, but this is not the revival I’m talking about. When Barak Obama came into office, he popularized the phrase “We are the ones we have been waiting for.” He wasn’t the one, and neither is President Trump. President Obama brought in great changes, but they were neither good for the country nor for the spiritual life of the people. He ushered in a transformation of America, but it was a woke mind virus that contaminated the soul of the nation. There is great hope that President Trump will make America great again (MAGA), and usher in a new age of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” And I do pray that this happens, but that is not the revival that we need.

I am hopeful that a MAGA revolution will help the people start to be freed from the woke mind virus and begin to seek the Lord. Our educational system, entertainment conglomerates and pharmaceutical industry have conditioned the people not to think in spiritual terms (or not to think at all in some cases!). They have spread the woke mind virus making it difficult for the people to even imagine the there is hope in anything except the government and the New World Order. If the MAGA movement begins to loosen those bond over the mind of the people, then perhaps that will help usher in the true revival that we need.

What America, and indeed the world needs, is a revival of faith, hope and love. An infusion of the Holy Spirit to bring million of people to a closer walk with Jesus. I have experience some recent revivals, some greater and some lesser. I was saved during the Jesus Movement and Charismatic Renewal of the 60’s and 70’s. Huge numbers of young people came to faith in Christ at that time and it transformed society in many ways. Staid old line churches had to open up to barefoot hippies with guitars and new ways of worshiping the Lord. As they began to marry and have children, this transformed the family life in many communities. I think it even lead to the economic boom under President Reagan in the 80’s. A true revival transforms hearts and transforms communities.

A somewhat lesser revival was the Brownsville revival in the late 90’s. The impact was not as widespread as the Jesus Revolution, but still very many people were saved and many went into ministry and some went to the mission field. I have friends that were touched by that revival that are still in ministry today.

So, I’m glad that there is a political movement to Make America Great Again, but what I really pray for is that we make the church alive again. The church, which is Gods’ people, need to wake up and pray for revival. We especially need to reach out to the young people who have been disillusioned and disappointed by events of recent times and help them to find faith, hope and love. As Andre Crouch used to sing, “Jesus is the answer for the world today.” It was true then and it’s true now. God Bless America!