Usually when we think of revival we picture a flooded alter or reminisce on weeks full of church services with scheduled speakers to give the congregation a jumpstart of sorts. This is not what I’m talking about. The revival I’m talking about is a personal realization that we have pushed God into a corner (or completely out of) our lives. Sure we go through the motions, showing up to every service, dropping an envelope in the offering plate, read a verse or two in the mornings, maybe even serve and teach others about God. But somehow these all just became things we do, habits, mindless activities that fill our lives. Somewhere along the way we have lost our fire, we forget our passion, and if we aren’t careful we lose sight of our desperate need for God in every aspect of our lives! If we don’t lose sight of Him altogether we get to the point of treating him like Santa Claus, this unseen being whose only purpose is to give us what we want as long as we behave. Sure we pray, we pray to do well on our next exam, for our sick dog, for our future spouse to come our way. But do we ever pray just to pray? Do we ever just spend time to tell God we love Him and think He’s awesome? Do we thank Him any time other than the third Thursday in November? Too often, my answers are no! And life just becomes life and God just becomes “Santa Claus” and we wonder why we aren’t content. Life wasn’t meant to be a series of events we ask God to fix! I want my life to be a beautiful offering, the passionate pursuit of my Savior! And He wants to be the center of our everything! He is right there with us all the time, but most of the time He only hears from us at the table or in bed—He wants us to pray without ceasing! That might sound impossible, but think of it this way, you either are or know a person who cannot hold a face to face conversation without texting someone else at some point. Same thing! God wants to be the one on the other side of the text—the person that can’t wait, the one who distracts you (rather than the one in front of you who keeps getting interrupted!) Let’s take God out of the corner and back to where He belongs, the center of our lives!
This is what has been on my mind- I’m not exactly sure what sparked it, or how to explain it other than God. Just God. He has restored me to the consciousness of who He is and who I am (a great contrast I assure you!!) He has restored my “vigor” to pursue His will for my life, (regardless of how near or far I will be from my sister!) and has restored the life back to my relationship with Him! Hope you like my ramblings, there are definitely more and better to come! <3
