The Pursuit Of God For Revival.

Do we rally want revival? Do you really want the God of revival. Two very different questions. You hear a great deal of talk about the subject of revival. Most of the talk centers on the signs and wonders of revival. Preachers preach on it. Churches host revival meetings. Books are authored on steps to revival. How much true prayer takes place consistently for revival? How much of that prayer is crying out for more of God? How much of that prayer centers on the desire, the longing, and the fainting after more of Him and not just the cool effects of revival. WE NEED MORE OF HIM. WE NEED MORE OF HIM THAN COOL REVIVAL STORIES. HE TRANSFORMS. HE SAVES. HE AWAKENS THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD AND APATHETIC.

For over four years I have carried a burden for a revival meeting in Kermit, TX. I have borne the weight of that burden that interrupts my sleep routinely for intercession. I have made multiple trips to this small west Texas town praying, teaching, and preparing for a Shake The City Revival Meeting in a little over two and a half weeks. I know they need more than meetings. They need Jehovah Himself to come in power like days of old to encounter people.

I know to some degree what I am praying for. REVIVAL IS COSTLY! To pursue God can totally wreck a person's normal comfortable life. I know this from first hand experience. When the Lord God Yahweh really breaks loose and ushers in a wave of His Spirit, we have to catch the wave and ride it for as long as we can. While these upcoming revival meetings have a starting date the ending date is loose. It all depends on how powerfully He moves and for how long He wants to extend the meetings.

I have no interest in trying to extend the meetings if true encounters with God are not happening. If these meetings are just that, good meetings, we will meet about a week. If God wants to do more I am preparing myself for an extended stay. I am preparing for life in a hotel room for weeks on end. I am preparing for an extended time away from my family. I am preparing for extended meetings, sermon preparation, intercessions, personal evangelism, and late nights of ministry. I am preparing for meals in local cafes and giving myself emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and physically to the pursuit of God for revival.

While I cannot speak for others in Kermit I can truthfully say I want real revival and spiritual awakening to come to Winkler County. I know there is a remnant who have prayed for this longer than me. May the Lord give me and others the strength to pursue Him. May He answer all the prayers.

I am not in the pursuit of revival. I am in the pursuit of God for revival. While many focus on the effects of revival I focus on the God of revival. I want more of Him. I want more of Him in my own life. I want more of Him in the lives of Kermit residents. I want more of Him for the local churches. I want more of Him for the surroundings areas. God, we want more of You. Not more religion, tradition, rules, and dead routines. We want more of You filling our hearts with wonder and worship.

The pursuit of God drives me. The pursuit for more of Jehovah fuels the fire raging in my soul. This is not about me notching another meeting under my belt. This is not about me making a name for myself. This is about my God. This is about the fame of His name spreading. This is about trusting the masses to come into life changing encounters with Him.

Once the dust has all settled and the meetings come to an end my sights are already set on other towns. Crane. Brownwood, Lufkin. and Weatherford. These are just a start. I am willing to give the rest of my days to the pursuit of God for revival. Let Him take me where He wants without regard to financial compensation. He has my yes. He has my life surrendered and offered on His altar.

Whatever time I have left I devote to the pursuit of God for revival. Whatever gifts and talents He has given me I leverage in the pursuit of God for revival. Whether the crowds are big or small I commit myself to labor in the pursuit of God for revival wherever He leads and plants me.