Reviving the soul

“The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;” (Psalm 19:7 ESV) 

The Jesus Revolution

Susan and I went to see the movie “The Jesus Revolution” as soon as it was released, and it brought back a lot of memories. Both of us were a part of what is now commonly called the Jesus Movement, which took place during the beginning of the 1970s. It was an amazing move of God, and many thousands of young people from coast to coast, especially hippies, turned to Christ spontaneously and seemingly without anyone in charge. It was obvious that it was something that God was doing everywhere at once and that no human could take credit for it. It was Billy Graham who publicly called it the “Jesus Revolution.” And it was.

Revivals spread

An interesting thing about revivals is that they cannot be contained and spread. They catch fire, and soon the coals of revival go to other places, catching fire there as well. At the time of my writing, the Asbury revival in Kentucky had spread to many other schools and institutions. And no one can predict how far and wide its influence will eventually reach. Only God knows the answer. 

“All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.” (Psalm 22:27 ESV) 

God acts for those who wait for Him

“Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence— as when fire kindles brushwood and the fire causes water to boil— to make your name known to your adversaries, and that the nations might tremble at your presence! When you did awesome things that we did not look for, you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence. From of old no one has heard or perceived by the ear, no eye has seen a God besides you, who acts for those who wait for him.” (Isa. 64:1-4 ESV)

He revives the spirit and the heart

“For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.” (Isa. 57:15 ESV)

God says, “If my people….”

“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” (2 Chron. 7:14 ESV)

Therefore

“Restore us, O Lord God of hosts! Let your face shine, that we may be saved!” (Psalm 80:19 ESV)