Nov. 07, 2013–A Revival Generation

Darren in TexasEven when you are a revivalist like me and you have seen tremendous signs and wonders and outpourings in many places, you come to understand that you are nothing and that God is everything.  Moreover God has not created me as an island unto myself but created me to exist within community.  In community I flourish and together with my brothers and sisters we reach our generation for Christ.

When our time on earth is done, history might look back at a few people and remember them as something special (like John Wesley or Charles Finney). But really every person who is doing anything for the Lord knows that these special ones are just products of the hunger of many persons working together to see revival poured out into the earth.

It is within the body of Christ that each of us comes to fruition and freedom.  I can no more take credit for the way the Spirit moves through me than I can take credit for the way my car drives.  I just really enjoy the drive.

My friends that surround me also have incredible anointing upon their lives.  I believe that when we work together the anointing on each of our lives sparks more significantly and together we pull on heaven’s cords for outpouring in our generation. 

We cannot do it alone.  We must work toward revival together and I believe that the spark that is inside each of us will alight a generation for the Lord.  Not one spark alone but many sparks in the many hearts of people.

And as we come together in larger and larger numbers I believe we will see greater manifestations of His presence.  It is not about us and never will be.  But I believe that God in me and God in you is pleased when you and I come together seeking His presence and demanding heaven to move. As we seek Him we will find Him when we seek Him with all of our hearts.

And so together we can become a revival generation.  We can become a people that generations will look back to and comment about how they were a generation that changed the world. 

A revolution doesn’t come from the sound of one voice.  A revolution arises inside of the hearts of a people who have had enough of the way that things have been.

Such darkness lurks over the hearts of our generation.  Collectively we have taken a lot from the evil one, but together as we cry out to God and demand our countries to be touched by the power of God, the power of God will be poured out in a new way even in this time and innocence and purity will be restored.

There are times when it will seem that God is moving more through someone else and then there will be times that it seems that He is moving more through you and me.  It is not for us to lecture God on His choice of servants.  We must rejoice with those who rejoice and support them when God is using them powerfully.  Just as we rejoice when He uses us for His glory.

God will use you powerfully.  Trust me, I have been around long enough now to see God use many hearts to glow in the earth.  Each one is His choice instrument for glory.  Together as we burn we can set a city aflame.  Let’s let God be God and let Him burn more brightly than ever.

I love this season that we are entering.  God is about to burst through ordinary people like you and me and we are about to see a generation shifted into the purposes of God. In the process we will be propelled into our destiny as well.