Longing for Revival

Acts 6

One of the things I long for as a pastor and as a follower of Christ is revival. Like the kind you read about in days of old where the people of God cry out to Him for the salvation of souls and multitudes come to faith in Jesus. The kind of Great Awakening, preceding by the church getting all things right with God and pleading with Him to move mightily in their midst, where sinners run to the Lord in repentance and faith, and even the church members who thought they were saved really get saved!

I read recently of a pastor in England who’d been preaching for years and years, when finally the Holy Spirit opened his eyes to the truth of his own message and he at last truly believed and was converted. This sparked something of a revival in the congregation and community, and a once orthodox but cold church grew flaming hot for Christ!

In verse 7 of Acts 6 we read one of the several “summary statements” Luke records about what God is doing in the church. That’s what I yearn for to be said about what God is doing in us today. Right here. I rejoice that this statement is true in many areas of the world even as we speak. People in some nations are turning to Christ as never before. Hallelujah!

I want to see it here! Where the number of disciples multiply greatly, and even the “priests” become obedient to the faith.