Revive Us Again

Psalms 25:4-8  Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths.  (5)  Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.  (6)  Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old.  (7)  Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.  (8)  Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way.

            As a Christian, I spend a lot of time with God (though not enough) asking Him “…teach me thy paths.  Lead me in thy truth,..” and there are days I stumble, I do falter.  In my walk with the Lord, I have stumbled many times, yet my Lord always remembers and He lifts me up and re-steadies me in my walk.

            When we stumble, the natural thought is, “I will get up and get going.”  I have tried that many times, and I have found it just doesn’t work.  Our “getting up” begins with prayer [asking, begging, pleading] submitting to God through His Son Jesus.  If it starts with “me, myself and I,” we can use that old aerospace saying, “Houston, we have a problem.”

Ephesians 2:8-9  For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:  (9)  Not of works, lest any man should boast.

The problem is again “me, myself and I,” and it is my boasting that I will do the Lord’s work.   We are informing Him, we can do it ourselves.  Currently, I am under going physical therapy for shoulder surgery.  If I told my Physician or Mrs. Barnett, “I really know better than you, I will do this on my own,”  I would never be able to use my arm to the extent it could be without their help.  It works the same way with God.  I must rely on His teaching, His leading, or I will never be able to approach the potential God has given.  Where are you in your potential with God?  Do you need “Reviving Again?”

            This week we are having a Revival at Fundamental Baptist Church.  Why not come to these evening services and bring a willing heart, a heart which wants Reviving.

            If you have never called upon Jesus as your personal Saviour, come and hear the Gospel of Christ, giving you the necessary teaching to allow you to accept Jesus as your Saviour.  Come and hear God’s Word.

Bro John R. E Chastain

This is an article intended for publication in the 

Wellington Leader 3/11/2010 under "...from The Pulpit"