Monday,
February 20, 2023
Even current day images of Mt Sinai leave no doubt Moses was in a wilderness place.
After being kicked-out
of Pharaoh’s palace, the former Jewish foundling child, raised as Pharaoh’s
grandson, spent forty years in the shadow of Sinai, living a quiet life as a
“nobody shepherd”. Then came that
burning bush which just wouldn’t leave him in peace.
It's been that kind of time in Wilmore, Kentucky the last week.
Wilmore is the site of Asbury University,
where revival broke-into a chapel service, and has grown stronger each day,
with no sign of letting up. Revival is kind of that way; it shows
up unannounced, and takes over.
Not having been there, I’m not about
to offer any opinion on what’s happening, nor if the Asbury revival is a
genuine move of God, or perhaps a cultural phenomenon, spurred by generations
of longing for revival. Either way, it
is sweet music to hear of young people desiring God’s presence in their
lives. Like Moses, the young people of
this century (as well as us older birds) have been in a dry, spiritual
wilderness for too long.
My prayer is that this local event in
Wilmore spreads like a wildfire across this nation, and the entire globe.
May there be a new awakening to God’s
presence, love, and holiness. May the
fire of heaven’s glory light us up to prevail against the gates of Hell.
For You Today
One consistent fact about revival is that it
always begins with brokenness, a heart that cannot live in its own death-loving
sinfulness any longer. That is the place
where God shows up, and it’s holy ground.
And that is exactly what John the Baptist meant when he shouted-out from
a wilderness, prepare the way of the Lord.[1] What way?
It’s that pathway straight into our hearts so He can revive us.
There are about 2,000 devotional
posts and 400 sermons in the Rocky Road Devotions
library. To dig deeper on
today’s topic, explore some of these:
Heart, Soul, and Strength and We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us! and
Orchard of Driftwood and Holy Ground
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Unless noted, Scripture quoted
from The New Living Translation©
[1] For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Matthew 3:3 (KJV)
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