2 Chronicles 7:14 “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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
Many will recognize this verse as it is the verse of verses for revival. While it is in the OT and spoken to Israel there are principals here for personal revival. At times we need to cry out Revive Us Again as the old hymn goes: Revive us again, fill each heart with thy love. May each soul be rekindled with fire from above.
As we cry out for our souls to be rekindled there will need to be a refocusing of priorities and the relinquishing of idols. We must humble ourselves. One may ask how does one do that? You admit that you are not God!
You will need to pray. How do you do that? Well, you stop talking to yourself and others and start talking to God. Prayer is looking to God instead of self! It is admitting dependence on God rather than independence from God.
You will need to seek His face. Seeking His hand seems to be easy as we will say God give me. Seeking His face is a game changer as you want to know God.
You will then need to turn (repent) from your wicked ways. The revival of the heart and soul happens as one desires to obey what God says as opposed to doing what one wants to do, regardless of what God says. This takes us back to the first step of humbling ourselves and saying God is God and God is always right!
Does your walk with God need a revival? Does your worship of God need a revival? Does your work for God need a revival? If yes, start this very moment with Lord, I need you and Lord, I want to do it your way.
As I grew up we would have “revival” services each summer. I knew that there would be two songs sung each night – Revive Us Again before the preaching and Have Thine Own Way after the preaching. Maybe I simplify it too much but a take on 2 Chronicles 7:14 is have thine own way!
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