Recognition > Repentance > Reverence > Revival
Taken from a Biblenerd ComeUnity Facebook post by Joy on June 27
**Warning — long post😳
This is where & what God has had my heart parked in this June… Been praying all morning it ministers & impacts your heart as deep as it has mine! Love you all🤍
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There’s a buzz word floating around in our Christian culture that seems to possibly be the very answer & hope to the cray-cray of this world….
👉 R E V I V A L.
And yet, we know from God’s Word that in order to experience true revival— (I’m talkin’ the ring-of-fire-dancing-around-my-heart kind of revival) — we must first RECOGNIZE what satan has blinded us to; which in turn naturally drops our knees flat to the ground in full REPENTANCE & then positions our hearts in flat-out awe & REVERENCE for how indescribably good our God is to rescue us from what we’ve been blinded to! C’mon 😭🙌
To break this down:
Recognition👉Repentance👉Reverence👉Revival
And this we know friends, God is calling us into a posture of RECOGNITION— so that He can ultimately position us into a place of REVIVAL 🙌
But yet sandwiched between both recognition & revival is … repentance & reverence.
Two necessary God-designed ingredients needed as a prerequisite to what everyone is craving— REVIVAL!
Yet this is the thing— without recognition, there is no repentance & reverence. And without repentance & reverence, there is no revival.
That’s why the Word is as essential as the air we breathe. 😮💨🫁
“For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. 👉It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.👈”
N O T H I N G else has the power or capability to expose our innermost thoughts & desires— to provide the vision to ‘Recognize,’ but the Word of God.
It’s those same stuffed suppressed inner thoughts & deeply repressed desires that dictate our reality & alter our internal narrative — & half the time, we don’t even know it !
That’s why satan will do all he can to keep this transformational 66-book-love-letter out of your hand & on that dusty ol’ shelf where he likes it!
Because it’s in your hand & on your heart that these powerful, active, penetrating supernatural Words will draw out the lies that have prevented you from a life of joy, purpose, freedom, peace, contentment, passion & revival — a life that is rightfully yours… signed, sealed, delivered & promised by the blood of Jesus!
Yep, the Word is a Sword alright— a sword to not only defend against those crafty, dark, perverted, twisted, down right evil tactics of your enemy— but a sword to get-up-all-in-there (Tara would be so proud) and hand pluck out every single morsel of darkness within the heart that’s preventing you from having the spiritual eyes to RECOGNIZE what’s happening in your very own soul!
It’s time to rise up
& take back our God given identity— & an identity that’s been stolen from right under our spiritually sleeping noses— without even a lick of our permission!
Because it’s only in the RECOGNITION & the REPENTANCE that the sweet taste of REVERENCE is found… which ultimately leads to the joy of REVIVAL!
And, according to Gods Word, reverence is the KEY to the life our souls were made to crave:
Because….
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to joy.
(Lev 9:24 “Fire blazed forth from the LORD’s presence… When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to freedom.
(Malachi 4:2 “But for you who fear My name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in His rays, and you will go FREE!”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to winning war on sin.
(Ex 20:20 “Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear of God will be with you to keep you from sinning.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to a grateful heart.
(1 Sam 12:24 “Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to staying away from evil.
(Prov 16:6 “And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to God hearing my prayer.
(Heb 5:7 “And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to following God!
(1 Sam 12:14 “If you fear and worship the Lord and listen to his voice…then both you and your king will show that you recognize the LORD as your God.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to praising God.
(Rev 19:5 “Then a voice came from the throne, saying: “Praise our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, both great and small!”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to RECEIVING blessing.
(Psalm 129:1 “How blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in His ways.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to wisdom.
(Psalm 111:10 “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to Gods favor.
(Psalm 147:11 “The Lord favors those who fear Him,Those who wait for His lovingkindness.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to angels camping near & rescuing me.
(Psalm 34:7 “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, & rescues them.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to a banner being flown over me!
(Psalm 60:4 “You have given a banner to those who fear You.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to trusting God as my helper & my shield.
(Psalm 115:11 “You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to strong confidence.
(Prov 14:26 “In the fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, & his children will have refuge.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to being prosperous & preserved!
(Deut 6:24 “And the LORD commanded us to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to living sacrificially & serving God wholeheartedly.
(Jonah 1:16 ”The sailors were awestruck by the LORD’s great power, and (as a result) they offered him a sacrifice and vowed to serve him.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to being ambushed by all the wonderful things He’s done for me!
(1 Sam 12:24 “But be sure to fear the LORD and faithfully serve him. Think of all the wonderful things he has done for you.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to removing counterfeit gods!
(Josh 24:14 “Now, therefore, fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; removing the gods which your fathers served…”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to NOT turning away or drifting from God!
(Jer 32:40 “I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.”)
🔑Reverence is a key that opens the door to experiencing Gods holiness.
(Rev 15:4 “Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy.”)
So friend, please take this key 🔑 that His out-stretched hand is offering you with an ear to ear smile across His kind & gentle dazzling face.
A key that will first require recognition & repentance — that WILL always undoubtedly lead to a personal, a community, a church-wide, a national, a generational
chain-breaking…..
R E V I V A L
Joy & Tara’s Primary Source: The Holy Spirit
Secondary Source: Holy Bible, New Living Translation. Tyndale, 1996, 2004, 2015