As Christians we are constantly looking ahead of us, as we live on this Earth with a hope of what Christ has called us to do until he comes again. However, the journey to that place can feel insurmountable and we grow weary. Grow weary of prayer, of fasting, of communing together. Grow weary of persevering, of evangelising, of preaching, of teaching, of rejoicing. Grow weary of learning to trust God through difficulty and still love others well through conflict. We look at the world around us and see wars that will not end, conflicts that will not cease, and divisions even among fellow believers when we all kneel to worship the same God. It can be crushing. We are called to hope and yet the evidence of our faith is so often not visible, and it leads us to fear and doubt.
And it is exactly in the depths of that suffering the truth of the Gospel shines through.
This is Revival.
