Last night, the 22 yr old son of a Hollywood producer went on a mass killing spree near the campus of University of California, Santa Barbara. When it was all said and done 7 people (including the shooter) were dead and 11 were injured. Witness say he pulled up in a black BMW – he seemed to have all that life had to offer. Of course we don’t know all the in’s and outs of this young mans life. But Jesus does – and he loves him. He is the only answer to our lives.
Knowing that truth it should cause everyone of us to pray earnestly for REVIVAL !
From 1857 to 1859 a revival swept New York City that became part of what is called the Third Great Awakening. Jeremiah Lanphier, a forty-eight-year-old businessman, began a prayer meeting on Fulton Street. Not many people attended the prayer meeting at first. But then the stock market crashed. Soon hundreds of New Yorkers were gathering for prayer. Within months, six thousand people were gathering at noon for prayer throughout New York City. It is reported that fifty thousand New Yorkers came to faith and an estimated one million people came to the Lord during this time.
The prophet Habakkuk understood the need for a revival in his day when he prayed, “O Lord, I have heard Your speech and was afraid; O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years! In the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember mercy” (Habakkuk 3:2).
That needs to be our prayer, too; we need another revival.
Rev Ran 🙂