The seeds of true revival are borne out of adversity. Not the excitement that fades after a series of revival services but the genuine deliverance from human nature. When we allow our terrors to strip away our confidence in self and are awakened to God’s divine awareness it brings us to a place in which we lean not unto our own understanding, read Prov 3:5-7 and we begin to trust in the Lord. This process has always begun with tribulation. You have to look no further then the time of Jewish captivity in Egypt to see the proof of this and then just follow up to the time of the New Testament. It is always when we realize our frailty that we are more susceptible to divine awareness or godliness.
Unfortunately, it is human nature and the grip of our fallen state which has brought this upon us, but tribulation breaks this hold and leads us unto patience, read Romans 5:3-5, thus laying the groundwork for real revival. So during this time of much uncertainty remember that in our weakness his grace is sufficient, read 2 Cor12:9 and be encouraged also by this, it is not after we have overcome our trials that we are more than conquerors but in the midst of them because of him who loved us read Romans 8:37. Now, read the list of the things that we conquer while we are experiencing them through him who loved us in Romans 8:35,36. He who loved us is that same he in which we can do all things, read Philippians 4:13.
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