Psalm 85:5-6 "Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?"
In a conference I recently attended, one of the speakers asked this question: "What hope do I see for revival coming to this generation?" And then he answered that question by saying, "The greatest hope for revival that I see lies in the fact that there does not appear to be any hope for revival."
I was almost going to write, "God delights in doing the impossible." But then I was reminded of all the places in Scripture where we are clearly told that nothing is impossible with God. The clear teaching of the Bible is that all things are possible with God. God delights in doing things that we think cannot be done. And that includes revival.
Our world today is in thick darkness. Our churches are in a state of decline. Yet it is in times like these, times of greatest darkness, that the light of God's glory has the potential to shine the brightest. This is the unanimous testimony of history, both scriptural and secular. And this will also be the testimony of the next great move of God. God comes when least expected to those who most desperately need Him. He sends His manna and living water to those who most intensely hunger and thirst after Him. He comes when all hope is lost, when all alternatives have vanished, so that no flesh can glory in His presence.
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