Why?

Why does God move in revival? I have been asking myself that question for many months now. Is it due to some formula that believers finally get right like "x" number of believers praying "x" number of times a week? Is there a key we must turn that we find because God gives it to us or we stumble on it by accident? Often we pray like that. We say, "Lord, we know you want to send us revival more than we want it!" I struggle with that concept or thought. Or is it that we must achieve a level of holiness that puts us over the top and God rewards us with revival? Somehow none of those thoughts resonate with my spirit.

The bottom line is I don't know why God chooses to send revival to whom he chooses when he chooses. I just know that as we read history, all the great awakenings of the past have been preceded by people praying. So I think we should continue to pray. That is all I know to do is pray and call on God to help us. Maybe in a season of his choosing he might see fit to grant us what we ask.

Lord, please hear my cry. It is a cry for revival in my own heart. It is a prayer of need. Like Keith Green once sang,

My eyes are dry
My faith is old
My heart is hard
My prayers are cold
And I know how I ought to be
Alive to You and dead to me.

That is me. I need you to help me. Holy Spirit, please see fit to soften my heart and send the rains of refreshing to me and others. Please. Amen.