Revival Prayer Letter December 2009
December 2nd, 2009“I WILL NOT LET THEE GO, EXCEPT …”
(Genesis 32:26)
1) Upon reading all of Scripture and particularly different Church Epistles we must come to the conclusion that God has glorious plans for His Church to be executed, realized in practice in this life. If we consider the demands placed upon God’s people and therefore upon the Church, we must agree that these are so high they can only be honoured in circumstances of Revival. The standard held out for His Church is a Revival standard and the exceeding great and precious promises really pre-suppose Revival conditions for their practical realization in this life.
2) God’s entire Word is replete with the most glorious
3) To prevail in Revival praying means that we shall refuse to limit the rich provisions made in Christ crucified. We are complete in Him and therefore in Him we are also filled with the Godhead and reach full spiritual maturity. (Colossians 2:10). The rich blessings of the Lord to be poured out upon us have all been purchased on the cross of Calvary and if we commence to limit His promises, we also limit the ‘purchasing power’ of Calvary’s Sacrifice and the blessed blood with which we have been redeemed. Christ was made a curse for us so that the blessing of Abraham may come upon us and that we may receive the gift of the Spirit by faith (Galatians 3:13, 14). The work on Calvary was without a doubt the greatest work that God had ever done. Shall we limit this great work by our lack of faith and therefore lack of prayer?
4) In the light of what we have already said we should refuse to continue in this life and particularly in the service of our Lord without experiencing the Revival so dearly purchased, divinely designed and amply described in the Word of God. It is time that we, like Moses plead with the Lord not to take us any further unless the full manifestation of His presence goes with us, for Revival is certainly the glorious manifestation of God amongst His people. Or are we still content with our own programs, preachers, limited moments of success and preconceived ideas as to the absolute necessity as well as the glorious possibility of Revival?
6) In the process I shall humbly and consistently refuse any hindrance in my life that would stand between me, my Church and Revival. To pray for Revival means to be hard on myself in absolute honesty and humble obedience before the Lord. No sin, untoward practice or relationship and no doubt or prayerlessness can be tolerated. There is a wholeheartedness that is required which will be evidenced particularly in the way I conduct my own life in the light of the Word and demands of the Lord.
7) If the above are fully applicable to me and in my daily living then I can come to the point where I humbly but tenaciously refuse to let go of my Lord. I would refuse as desperately as Jacob did when he was clinging to Him over at the Brook Jabbok. This is a case of prevailing with God and therefore refusing to turn away from the Throne of Grace without having received Revival. God did not say to us: ‘Seek ye Me in vain’ (Isaiah 45:19) but in stead we see the liberal and repeated promises of the Lord Jesus Christ that whatsoever we ask in His Name He will give. True Revival praying is refusing to be denied by God. This means coming with boldness to the Throne of Grace as we are invited to do in Hebrews 4:16.
It is distinctly refusing to let Satan have his way in my
9) It is refusing to have God’s work destroyed by the devil but rather ensuring that we destroy the works of the devil. The Lord Jesus Christ was manifest to destroy the works of the devil (I John 3:8) and in John 20:21 Jesus said that ‘as the Father sent Me so send I you’. We are His representatives and must enter into the fullness of the victory obtained by Christ and in the process achieve the purpose for which He came into the world. Therefore there is given to us the divine authority, not only to bind the devil but to destroy his works, works that are particularly entrenched in the minds of people. Our work is to destroy the strongholds of the devil in the imaginations and thoughts of people and bringing these unto subjection and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. See II Corinthians 10:4, 5 and compare with this also Jeremiah 1:10.
Finally let us strengthen ourselves as we consider James 5:16 etc, remembering that Elijah was just an ordinary man but by prayer based on the Word of God he both closed and opened heaven. Heavens are already closed relative to divine Revival blessings upon us and it is for us to prevail in prayer and open heavens so that the heaven can give its rain and ‘the earth bring forth its fruit’
Yours for revival,
Eddie Vosloo