The World has Yet to See…

 The World has Yet to See…

November 14, 2024

In 2021, Dr. Michael Brown published a book called “Revival or We Die”. In this book, Dr. Brown recounts the history of revivals in America and lays out the requirements to bring on a new revival. In the last chapter, he tells the story of Dwight.L. Moody. In 1982, Moody went to Ireland and met a British revivalist named Henry Varley. The two men met in a Baptist Church one afternoon and the British pastor encouraged the young American preacher. Varley says he didn’t remember the exact words, but the message that Moody heard was “The world has yet to see what God can do with a man fully consecrated to him.” on his voyage back to America, Moody vowed “By God’s help, I aim to be that man.” And the rest is history, as they say.

Moody went on to become one of the greatest evangelists of that age and preached a message that transformed many lives in Chicago. He started a Sunday school to reach the children and founded a church in Chicago. He started some schools which eventually became the Moody Bible Institute.  His influence reached to the far corners of the world as missionaries sent from his church went to China and other countries. It is even said that President Dwight Eisenhower was named after him. Also, within  a decade of the Moody revival in Chicago, slavery was abolished in America.

Any generation that wants to see revival needs a man such as D.L. Moody who is fully dedicated to God. And I’m not saying it has to be a man. Two elderly ladies, one of which was blind, prayed in the Hebrides Revival (1949-1952). They prayed until the Spirit moved and Duncan Campbell was called to preach. When he preached, the Spirit of conviction was so strong that huge numbers of people fell to their knees on the church grounds, not even making it into the building for the alter call! And it all started by two women in their 80s who prayed until the Lord moved.

So what can the Lord do today with a man (or woman) fully consecrated to God? We see some signs already on the college campuses, so let us continue to pray until the Lord moves and revival comes to our land.