Psalm 126 - Streams in the Negev

Saved from what? Saved from your sin. Saved from your guilt. There should be within revival, true revival, confession of sin, repentance, belief in Jesus Christ. We sometimes make it about emotionalism and warmth and music. That's not revival. Revival is a work of god to bring people to their knees, to the end of themselves, and to see the glory of Christ and come running to him. That's what revival is. And when god does that work, as we'll see here, it is amazing. [00:04:13] (42 seconds)

Oftentimes, it is scheduled. I think of that. How do you schedule a revival? How do you schedule? Do you have the calendar of the holy spirit to say he will be available on this day to bring revival on this evening? You know, if if we're gonna schedule a revival for next week, why don't we just get one going now? If we can schedule an outpouring of the holy spirit, but we can't schedule We can't manufacture it. It is a work of almighty to bring revival. [00:02:04] (32 seconds)

Church, that's what we're called to do. And as we do it, we will reap a harvest. I don't know what god's got in store for our church going forward. We could go through a time where we don't see that fruit. I I would hate to see that, but it might happen. What are we going to do? We're gonna sow the seed. We're gonna continue to be faithful, and we're gonna wait. Jeremiah prophesied. How many listened? Is there a reward? Did he reap a harvest? You bet he did. He will be raised on the last day. [00:49:25] (51 seconds)

When god hears our cries, it should send a shiver up our spine like, he heard me. We should be in wonder of our god. They had the right response to be in wonder of god's work. Second is their words. Their words of joy. Verse two, beginning of verse two, then our mouth was filled with laughter and our tongue with shouts of joy. It wasn't just a wonder that sat in here someplace. It was a wonder that welled up inside of them and came out of their mouths. [00:12:16] (34 seconds)

Church, when we see god work, even when he's just keeping his promise, we should be in awe and wonder of his work. We should always be amazed at the work of god. We should always be in wonder at what he does and how he does it. Even if we say, well, he simply kept his promise. Yes. Isn't that amazing? That he is a god that can promise way into the future and bring it to pass. He is an awesome god. [00:11:03] (30 seconds)

What is he calling for? God, do a miraculous work in us and make this place alive again. Bring us life, Restore us. Make us alive. Or you could say bring revival to us. Bring it in a miraculous It's what we should cry out for spiritually in our desert land today. We should cry out for revival in our community, in our state, in our nation, in the world, in the desert places. [00:24:59] (48 seconds)

And what would happen and still can happen today, there can be a rare occasion where god brings monsoon rains into a desert place. And that would happen on occasion in Southern Judah. It was mainly just dirt and sand and everything else just plain. And but every once in a while, monsoon rains would come to that area, and it would create streams in that area. And within a few days, seeds that have been laying dormant in that land would blossom, grass would come up, flowers would bloom, and the desert places would become alive. [00:24:18] (41 seconds)

Because when god does something, I think all people will look at it and go, God did something there. And even the unredeemed will recognize God did a mighty work. God did something for those people. Because when God works, it is not deniable. When God works, when God moves, it is amazing and wonderful. And they recall back to even the nation saying, even the Gentiles saying, even the unredeemed saying, he has done great things for these people. [00:14:18] (38 seconds)