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| Dr. Wilfred Lai ~ Jesus Celebration Centre, Mombasa, Kenya |
Revival has a cost and somebody must pay for it to happen. My prayer for you is that this word will transform you and make you a better person. The story of King Uzziah in 2 Chronicles 26:1-5, 8,16, will help us understand why revival happens and why it is hindered. Revival is when God comes. The first thing that must happen for revival to come is that somebody must begin to seek God.
King Uzziah became King when he was only 16 years. These days, that's a teenager who is interested in other things but King Uzziah
started seeking God and walking in His ways just like his father Amaziah. He connected to the prophet Isaiah and as long as he obeyed the voice of the man of God, he never lost any battle. Every time you want to live in the ways of God, you must be connected to a prophet because God never does anything without revealing it to His servants; God speaks to them and they speak to you. Revival is always connected to a man of God. Everytime God comes, He comes through a man. When God heard the cry of the children of Israel, He came to deliver them through Moses.
The number two price to pay for revival is humility. When you have achieved something, you want everybody to start recognising you. That's why when preachers rise up a bit, they begin to get all these big titles. When somebody calls them a brother, they become offended, but who are you? Before I became a pastor I was a brother. I am brother Lai and I don't want to surround myself with body guards because sometimes you wonder, who wants to kill who? After God prospered King Uzziah, he got a big head and started doing things he wasn't supposed to do. His prayer life stopped and his relationship with his man of God was cut off. If you don't have a man of God who speaks in your life and you obey, you can never have revival. You know when you stay humble, you can never fall, people fall only when they are up. When the Lord lifts you, stay humble because He is not lifting you above yourself. When you live like you are above everyone else, that's called pride and that's how people fall.
Revival comes with money and prosperity. When God moves, He moves away those things that are not from Him - poverty, sickness and defeat - so that you can move to the next level and become what He wants you to be. I came to tell you as you seek God, all obstacles will melt in His presence. Even that boss who is trying to stop you is not God's boss, He will pass him over and bless you! When God lifts you up, don't allow anything to bring you down.
Why are we not having revival in the church today? Because we are giving God a raw deal, we are giving Him what does not cost us and He cannot accept it!' That's why we have so many sickness in the church because we are treating God casually. People in this country only go to church on Sunday morning because it is a free day. We come to church late, we only pray when we have an emergency and say, 'Lord do it now or never! Who are you threatening? God is not a fire brigade, He wants you in good time, not only when things are going wrong. He wants a relationship.
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