How does Revival start? Many people are praying for revival, but many times we miss it, because we are looking for it to start in the wrong places and wrong ways.

Revival does not typically start in a church or even among a group of believers. It first starts with a person who is sold out for Jesus. A person who wants nothing more than to be used by Jesus. This person proves this in a couple of ways. (1) They are waiting in God’s presence. Nothing may be happening, but they are just waiting on God. God wants to see if we are willing to wait on Him. Are we willing to be patient? Yes, we want God to move now, but God wants to know how bad you want it. He is watching to see if you are serious. Something to consider, we do not really understand time see 2 Peter 3:8.  What we think is a long time, is really nothing compared to all of eternity.

(2) Are you looking for God in unexpected ways. Are you actually saying God I am willing to do anything, anyway you desire. Many times, we think it starts with worship, or some testimony, or some wonderful thing Jesus does. I am reminded of 2 Kings 5 when Namaan is healed. Namaan goes to Elisha and says heal me, and the man of God tells his servant to tell Namaan to go wash seven times in the Jordan river. Namaan goes away mad because he expected the man of God to come out and do some mighty act. On the way home one of Namaan’s servants says to Namaan, if the man of God asked you to do something mighty you would have done it, why not do this simple thing and see what happens. Namaan does it and he is healed. He then takes God back to his country and a revival starts. A true revival from the Lord will usually start in an unexpected way. Why? Because then we know it is of God and not manufactured by ourselves. Be open to anything the Lord would have you do, do it, and then watch and see what God does with it.

Then the revival will spread to others, who are doing the same thing. Waiting on God and doing whatever God asks, especially in unexpected ways. When these people then come together a fire is lit between them because they both recognize God doing something amazing by what happens to each other. Then the powder keg ignites. Then worship is awesome, the Word comes alive like never before, and Mark 16:17-18, signs that follow a believer show up in amazing ways. Then everyone is excited and the lost come in because of the excitement and find Jesus.

But first it starts with one who is willing to wait and do the unexpected. Asbury started with one college student who would not leave the altar, the revival of 1906, at AZUSA street in LA where the Assemblies of God comes from, started with one man, William Seymour crying out to the Lord for the people. He just would sit there, or lay there, saying repent, repent and that was it and thousands came to Jesus, and today the AG has seen hundreds of millions come to know Jesus around the world and is still growing to this day.

Why because Williams Seymour waited and did the unexpected and God moved!

You can be used just like that too!

Remember Jesus loves you; I love you, and you are awesome!