Revival Signs
Meditation from Habakkuk Chapter 3
In the first two chapters we read about the questions of Habakkuk and the LORD's answers. Knowing the consequences of sinful life of God's people & the coming judgment, Habakkuk prays for revival.
1. Attitude of Revival :
When we pray for revival, we need to remember that revival starts from us. (3:2)
Personal Revival - I need to be personally revived and so every individual, family, church and so on.
Pleading Mercy - Habakkuk knows that we only deserve wrath and that's why he pleads for God's mercy.
Present Time - He thirsts for revival in his time. It is not a distant possibility, but an immediate reality.
2. Aptitude of Revival :
Revival is not through our strength or power, but through God's work. Habakkuk not only stands in awe of God's work (3:2), He prays for God's work of salvation to save the anointed. (3:13)
The ability of revival is the price that the Anointed One (Messiah / Christ) paid that the saved & anointed may be revived.
Through the cross, Christ has saved us from the power of satan, but his presence is still there and we need to work out our salvation so that we may not lose the anointing.
3. Altitude of Revival :
Revival eventually makes us tread upon the heights. (3:19). The heights, this altitude is NOT that which the world defined as success.
This is the altitude where the revived draws his complete joy & strength from the LORD and it's not circumstantial. (3:18)
No loss, no fruitlessness, no seeming failure can rob the joy. (3:17) He draws his strength also not from anywhere else but from the LORD.
Commit to such a revived life, that you may bring revival to others, to nations.
Today's Intercession:
# Before the elections we see internal conflicts in various States which are perpetrated to divide people, so as to win their votes. Pray for this situation to change in the nation.
# Pray for peace among the people in all the States of India.
# Pray for political leaders to not use violence, conflicts and divisions to polarise and win.
# Pray for the announced Bandh in the country on 8th & 9th to not hamper day to day activities and especially people who are sick and in immediate need.
Have a blessed day!
