REVIVAL

Here is how revival looks: “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place” (2 Chronicles 7:14-15).
Revival looks like deliverance and healing as evidenced in Habakkuk 3:1-3 (KJV) “A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise.”  
As a child I always wondered where God came from and as a child I read this scripture; at that moment I thought Teman was some distant planet in the universe. As I grew into adulthood and studied the Scripture in more depth, I came to find where Teman was. Teman was the mountain pass God brought the children of Israel through to Mount Sinai (the mountain of His presence).
Revival is a mountain pass bringing us to the mountain of God’s presence. It is the presence of God that transforms people’s hearts and minds. It is not some message that belittles people’s inabilities to see their state as a sinner.  God did not call us to beat up on people; He has called us to lead them to the mountain of His presence.
We may ask, “Where does God come from? Where is God coming from? He comes from the place of healing us and our land. God wants to heal what is broken and dysfunctional.
Revival takes place when we move from praying for revival to being revival; turning from our wicked ways depriving us of His presence.  Open our eyes and ears that we may act out the prayer that is made in this place.