One of the things most believers express a need for is revival. We have read about revival, that almost magical time when God visits His people in extraordinary ways, bringing conviction of sin, widespread repentance, salvation and fills churches to overflowing as He does miracles, and great works demonstrating His presence in undeniable ways. I say "magical" because that's how it seems to many of us. We read about revival in years past, and the resultant cultural changes that result, and it seems like it will never happen in our time. We think, "it must have been wonderful to experience God in such a way."
As I've watched the news over the past few days, a strange thought hit me. It looks like there is a scandal brewing that implicates the former president, and most of his administration. It was with a troubled heart that I paid attention to the unsavory events described. I wondered how many people were involved in the scheme, and how many will be exposed and rightly prosecuted and sentenced. Predictably, most of those involved are Democrats and leftist subversives, who have a clear focus of "fundamentally changing" America. But just as predictably, Republicans and those on the right are hesitant to act and bring the perpetrators of these activities to investigations, prosecution and to justice. It makes me wonder how many of them had a hand in this as well. Corruption is deep in DC.
Regardless, truth is being exposed, and with each day more details are revealed about the depth of corruption. What does this have to do with revival? Revival is not magical. Revival comes when there is a conviction of sin. That is, an awareness that I/we are guilty of deep sins and transgression. Following is a confession of sin, as a preparation for what God is about to do. These don't cause revival, they are the harbingers of revival. They are the tokens and tricklings of what the Lord is about to do in and for His people.
The corruption of the last administration that is now being exposed is ugly, and hard to face. But the fact that it is being exposed is the church's opportunity to pray, intercede, confess our national sins, and repent since God will surely convict us also. I think that God might be "cleaning house," and giving us an opportunity to see the results of leadership without God, government without accountability, and a weak church with no heart for our Savior or His cause.
Pray for our leaders to be strong, to recognize the time and the significance of the events unfolding, and to act appropriately. It is the first step in revival. It falls upon us as the church to lament and intercede for our nation so that justice will be served as a strong warning against these type of crimes in the future. But deeper than corruption, is the action of God's Holy Spirit to convict an entire nation and revive our souls, as we are revived in honoring Him as Lord and Savor, the cornerstone of freedom everywhere. May the exposing of wrongs and crimes, be the token of good news to come.
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