Revival in the land

Yes, it's late, but I can't sleep. My ear feels like it's going to come thru the side of my head (this is Scott, btw), so I thought I'd be a bit productive and type an entry from the comfort of my bed.

Just the mental image each of you needed, eh?

I'll wait while you go slaughter some hogs to get the image of me in bed out of your collective minds.

Anyway, I was pretty miserable this morning w/my ear, so I didn't get to listen to Bro. Jeff's sermon in person this morning. From what I hear, like others we've missed because of vacations, I'll want to catch it later this week once it's posted online.

He spoke again on revival...not the normal type of church revival we think of at the first mention of the word. Not a three to five day revival with pot lucks we see at church and that - if we're lucky in modern-day society - 50% of any given church body will attend. No - this was a personal revival. He brought the base of that message last week, and this week he apparently expounded upon it even more in depth.

I want to hear this sermon.

You see, I remember where I was this time last year in my walk. Struggling, confused & conflicted between our desire to really be fed and grow in our walk versus my flesh's desire to not admit defeat, not admit that things weren't hunky-dorie where we were attending at the time, and not admit that - for my family's spiritual health and for mine - we needed to leave where we were attending at the time and go elsewhere.

Flash forward to the first part of July in 2008.

Am I where I need to be spiritually? Not even close. Am I satisfied with my walk with Christ? Not even close. Am I satisfied with my prayer life? Time in His Word?

Not even close. I am, as I have been in the past, a miserable failure to what I should be.

But I sense a closeness with Jesus I've not felt in a great while. We have a great desire to be at church, to fellowship with our fellow believers, to hear Bro. Jeff and to dig deep, deep, deep into the Word to see what truths God is preparing to reveal to each of us. This morning when I couldn't get my ear settled down enough to go, there was a longing in my heart to be there, knowing God's spirit and His truths were being revealed for all those in attendance. Tonight at our small group, we really began to dig in to experiencing God around us in a church fellowship, talking more about the call in 1 Corinthians 12 to rejoice and suffer with others in the church body; not just in a surface, disconnected way, but fully joined as a body of believers should be. I long for these moments - to rejoice, suffer, and share with my brothers and sisters in Christ like never before.

So while I am a miserable failure in what I believe I should be, I can feel revival coming. It's coming indeed. And I'm more excited than I've been in a long, long time.

Now, if I could only find something to ease the swelling in the right side of my head...perhaps Preparation H down my eartube?

Come now. You didn't think I'd just end it on a serious note, did you? :)