If My People

I am constantly hearing people talk about how revival is coming, get ready, because it's coming. Do I believe it is coming, absolutely, but why isn't it here yet? We so desperately need revival in our country, throughout North America, and all over the world. So if there is such a need, why hasn't God sent the revival to us?

The other day I thought about the Scripture in 2 Chronicles 7:14 where it says, "if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land." To give some understanding to the background of this reference, Solomon has finished building the temple for God to dwell in and God had just told Solomon in verse 13, "When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, (14) if my people..." Clearly, we have not seen such horrible circumstances as stated in verse 13 but haven't we seen some "plagues" like people constantly trying to take away the rights of Christians by taking out prayer in school, not valuing all life regardless of how young or old, and denying that the United States was founded on Christian principles?

I know that some Christians have come to a place of repentence and humbling themselves, but maybe, just maybe, it's not enough to allow our leaders and pastors do all of the work? Maybe it's time that we become proactive instead of reactive. Maybe, just maybe we should pray for our country before more deterioration occurs, instead of waiting and being appauled at what is happening. If we Christians want to make a difference, as we all claim, then perhaps it's time to stop "wasting time". God put us on this earth to worship Him, bring in other worshippers, and train them so they may bring in additional worshippers, if we aren't accomplishing these tasks, then what are we doing? Are we doing what God wants us to do and being productive in the Kingdom of God, or are we wasting time.

It very clearly states in 2 Chronicles "if my people", this says to me that it is up to us. So stop crying out to God pleading for Him to help us come to a place of revival in this land if we aren't even humbling ourselves and getting revival in our heart. The first step to seeing revival in our land, is humbling ourselves, asking God to forgive our sins, and yes, asking Him to forgive the sins of the other people in this land. But first, we have to admit that we have sinned ourselves and stop blaming it on everybody else. We must stop pointing the finger and saying how bad society is if we're not willing to do something about it. Because, "sinners are doing there jobs, they're sinning, are we doing ours" (Pastor Joe Timberlake) Let's get real, and get God so we can share Him with others.