So, I’m chatting with some other pastors about the word “revival”. We all have varied experiences and understandings of the word. The most common seems to be the idea that, as a Christian, you turned your back on a very vibrant life with Jesus. At some point you realize that life has ebbed. You need to have that original life back again.
So we start with a word for life – VIVE. And we added the prefix – RE. REVIVAL.
But what of a society that is no longer Christian, or has lost the Christian undergirding? That’s us today!
What we need is VIVE. Jesus had said that he came to give life – abundantly give life. For those around us, many don’t need a revival, they need a rescue. They need to come into the life that they have not experienced before.
In other words, we need a VIVAL in our country.