REVIVAL

It is amazing about the revival that is taking place right now. At Asbury University they had a routine Wednesday morning chapel service that has not ended. People who are there talk about the powerful presence of the Lord and how people keep coming, it is difficult to leave. Friends of mine was there Monday and they said the auditorium is full and so there is overflow in other areas around campus. It isn't just students anymore, there are people from all over wanting more of God and looking for hope. 

Things like this have happened before at this University, but because of social media, this has taken on a life of its own. On Saturday I watched a livestream for over two hours just enjoying by distance the spirit and presence of the Lord. They just keep going with worship, with some preaching, some testimonies, some reading of Scripture. 

This school in Wilmore, Kentucky was started by John Wesley Hughes and was originally named Kentucky Holiness College and later renamed Asbury College in honor of the great Methodist Bishop Asbury. In Hughes Auditorium where this revival is taking place, it says on the wall right up front "Holiness Unto the Lord." 

Just like Asbury University, here in the Pacific Conference we are a holiness people. What does that mean? It means that we believe the Scriptures where God commands us to be holy as He is holy. It is not a legalistic perfection, but it is cleansing and setting apart by God. We are not trying to manage a minimum amount of sin in our lives, we are seeking after God so that we can have victory over sin. 

I'd like to get on an airplane and head to Kentucky, but more importantly, I desire revival here in the Pacific Northwest. This revival started when students started confessing and repenting. Revival always starts with the church, let it start with us. In Acts chapter 3 Peter & John were at the Temple. There was a miracle and then a crowd shows up and Peter starts preaching. Peter tells us how to find revival in Acts 3:19-20 "Now repent of your sins and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped away. Then times of refreshment will come from the presence of the Lord, and he will again send you Jesus, your appointed Messiah."

Lord may that be so here in the Pacific Northwest. May we truly repent of our sins; not trying to keep them to a minimum, but truly repent. Then as we turn to God our sins will be wiped away and the times of refreshment and revival so that we can proclaim the life-changing gospel of Jesus Christ here in the Pacific Northwest.