Strength for Revival I

Wednesday 25 January
READ: Psa. 29: 11
MORE LESSON: Isa. 40:29-31

It takes strength for revival to happen in a man's life. If we must be revived in any aspect of life and break out of status quo, we need strength from God. The very first thing in revival and getting strength from the Lord is a character and attitude of sincere self-assessment. You need to admit the place where you have lost fervor, where you have grown weak and where you are not doing good enough. It is when a man is sincere and acknowledges that he can be better that he will cry to the Lord for revival. Psalms 29:11 says, The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. God delights in giving you strength and He wants to revive you. He wants you to admit your need for revival.
Strength comes from waiting on the Lord. Isaiah 40:31 says, But they that wait upon the lord will renew their strength, they will mount up with wings like eagle, they will run and not be weary, they will walk and will not faint. One of the ways to have strength is waiting on the Lord in the place of prayer, personal study of the Word of God and active service. Desire for more of God and panting after Him with all your heart will constantly lead you to the place of strength. The Psalmist said, My soul longeth even fainteth for the court of the lord, my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God: Psalms 84:2.
That is the place of strength, where you begin to desire God more than you have ever had Him, when your heart begins to ask for more of God, when you train your heart and your flesh to desire God. One of the reasons why Christians misbehave is because their heart and their flesh is asking for something that is contrary to God. So when they yield to their heart and flesh, they become weaker and weaker. Yielding to godly desire is what brings strength. It is in the place of prayer that we derive strength, according to Psalms 84:7: They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. When you fill your life and time with God's presence in prayers, spiritual activities, fellowship with brethren, worship and the Word, you will be a person of strength. Strength is needed for revival and it takes strength to move forward. The strength you need is in God's presence. The place of prayer is the place of strength.

Prayer/Action
* I receive strength for what is left in me that is about to die, in Jesus’ name.
* My hope will not be deferred as I wait on the Lord, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I decree, darkness will not have a memorial in my new year, in the mighty name of Jesus.