People are always saying revival is coming, revival is coming, but revival isn't coming, revival is already here. Whatever stage of life you are in, whatever season you are in the middle of, the PLACE of revival is right where you are at.
Pastor Louie Giglio from Passion City Church in Atlanta, Georgia, delivered perhaps the best sermon on Psalm 23 that I have ever heard. It was one of those messages that I just wanted to sit and soak in, slowly processing each revelation, line by line, verse by verse, as Pastor Louie introduced me to a new way of seeing the words of the Psalmist.
I am going to give you some notes about his message, but I am also going to link to the video archive of it (from Elevation church's YouTube page) below, because I really want everyone who sees and reads this, to experience their own revelation. Because quite frankly, I was so encouraged and had so many lightbulb moments throughout the entire message, I was half tempted to just write verbatim what he preached, but I won't. I will try and keep this short.
So if you watch it (and I hope you do), here are a few of the things you can look forward to:
- The zenith of revival happened in a garbage dump in Jerusalem (where crucifixions took place) and in the pit of hell. And that means revival can and should break out in the most difficult and most desperate places in our lives. The place of revival is probably in the most difficult place we have ever been.
- He makes me, He leads me, He restores me, He guides me. He protects me. He provides for me. He anoints me. He follows me all the days of my life. Then I get to move into the house of the Lord, forever.
- The 7th day was the day of rest - the day of rest was the 1st full day on earth for people. They had an assignment to do, a job to do, they were ready to get busy, but God said no, today we rest. Sabbath isn't about taking a nap, sabbath is about getting God in view, focusing on Him who created us. It's about an invitation to worship the creator and all He has done.
- God is a deliverer, but He mostly delivers us in stuff before He delivers us out of stuff.
- In the presence of my enemies, Jesus has prepared a table before me. Why is this is good news? Because we are living in the midst of a battle, it can be a physical battle, or financial battle or a relational battle, but we are also living in the midst of a spiritual battle. "... The devil prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour." - 1 Peter 5:8 (NIV). The devil is looking for any crack or crevice to exploit; before you know it he has taken up a seat at our table.
- It's not really about us, the devil hurts us to hurt the Father. Nothing hurts the Father's heart more than to see His children in distress, in turmoil, in pain.
How do I know if the devil is at my table?
Primarily you'll hear him speak by 3 different groups of things. If you hear:
- You're never gonna make it through this. Look around, you've got no chance. It's not going to change. You won't have freedom. Don't buy into it again. You're not going to survive it; Then you have given him a seat at your table.
- You aren't good enough. You've never been good enough. You're not strong enough. You don't deserve this. You're not worthy of this. You're an insignificant person and you don't matter in life; Then you know you've given him a seat at your table.
- Everybody is against you. No one at work likes you. Everyone tolerates you but no one really likes you. Everybody's out to get you; Then you've given him a seat at your table.
SO WHAT DO YOU DO? You sit down and lock eyes with your shepherd and you say thank you for providing for me everything I need mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically in the middle of the fight, whatever the fight is, thank you, you have provided for me everything I need. And you say to the enemy, YOU DON'T HAVE A SEAT AT MY TABLE! The only way you can loose your peace is if you let the enemy eat your food, talk to you and take a seat at your table. You get to decide who gets to sit at your table.
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