Andy Hall Writes

‘Hosting the Spirit of Revival’ By Andy Hall

Zechariah 4:6 says “…not by might nor by power but by my Spirt says the Lord…”

These words were addressed to Zerubbabel a Governor in Jerusalem for the Persian Emperor Darius. Having started his job of rebuilding Jerusalem well, it had got bogged down and needed a kick start. The prophet tells him it’s not human power or position or authority but only by the moving of God’s Spirit that this project could go on to completion. It was the Spirit’s power he needed, the Spirit’s power and ability is constant always available and not dependent upon circumstances.

In Ezekiel 47 God speaks about the river of God flowing out from His temple this is a picture of God desire for us to have an ever-deepening experience of Holy Spirit. In our experience the river of good can seem to go underground but it does not go away, we can actively access it today. God’s will is not up and down, His desire is for us to have a continuous increasing experience of the Spirit as we go from one degree of Glory to another!

Revival history is very varied. It’s not just speaking in tongues (like at Azusa Street), not just falling, and laughing (ala Toronto), not just societal transformation (as with the Salvation Army), not just mass conversion (as in the Welsh revival) nor is it just signs and wonders as currently being experienced in Bethel. It’s all the above and more, we can’t pick and mix our manifestations. Each past revival advances now part of my inheritance as I welcome the Spirit of revival. Previous generations ceilings are now our floors or starting points! We can ask for more!

How can I keep the flow of the revival Spirit in my life and church?

·         Do not change the subject.

·         Do not go back to Old Testament theology, of the Spirit only being for special people for special tasks.

·         Do not back slide into a non-supernatural faith of your own power and might.

·         Keep raising the bar of your expectations.

·         Keep living in a permanent expectation of Holy Spirit turning up until our environment changes.

The Spirit of Revival is not stop-start, so let us connect, bore down, open ourselves up to Him in expectation of increasing waves a deeper river a more fire filled environment.

Why not here? Why not us? Why not now? Come Holy Spirit!