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CONTINUOUS REVIVAL

God, the Master, told the dry bones, “Watch this: I’m bringing the breath of life to you and you’ll come to life. I’ll attach sinews to you, put meat on your bones, cover you with skin, and breathe life into you. You’ll come alive and you’ll realize that I am God!”

  • Ezekiel 37:5-6 MSG

Crowd Cheering Joyfully

What do we do after revival service is over? Can we maintain the spiritual joy we felt during the worship? Sometimes we as believers become frustrated or discouraged almost as if our faith has dried up. We want to give up and just lie there like the dry bones in Ezekiel’s vision. We also sometimes feel like we are witnessing to dry bones, who can’t hear or see what we are presenting to them. But notice what God did for Ezekiel. First He took him away in the spirit, meaning God removed him from all distractions to get his full attention and told him to “watch.” Then God spoke to Ezekiel so that he could speak to the dry bones. God gave him a promise that he was to pass on. God promised to put layers on those dry bones and breathe life into them. He was speaking to Ezekiel as well as to the dry bones. He was promising to revive them and him, to improve their lifeless condition. Isn’t that the very definition of revival? To revive is to improve the condition or strength of something. Note the conditions for God’s revival. First they needed to “watch”for it. Then, they were to obtain layers of cover from God. Then, they were ready to receive the breath of life. To truly be revived and to maintain our new strength we must be looking for God’s presence through regular exposure to the scriptures and fellowship with his people. As we watch for Him, He will breathe life into us (salvation) and attach tendons to us to hold our bones together (faith). The tendons are the scriptures that we learn which will become part of us to keep our faith strong. The more scriptures we learn, we’ll grow meat over our bones, protecting our faith. As we fellowship with other believers we’ll develop a thick skin that helps us to avoid the foreign elements (unbelieving influences). Finally, God breathes life into us again after we develop that thick skin. That’s His continuous revival. When we reach that point, we will find our faith alive and strengthened whenever we need it (sanctification). We will be in a state of continuous revival and renewal because we will always be aware that He is the Almighty God.

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