For True Revival

“When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what shall we do?’” (Acts 2:37)

              Last Tuesday, I listened to an interview with Pastor Kyung-won Kim, who will be coming to our church for the revival meeting, on the Korean Gospel Broadcasting radio.  During the interview, when the host asked Pastor Kim how we should prepare for the revival meeting, his response was, "We must prepare with a heart of repentance."  Upon hearing this, I couldn’t help but agree, and I thanked God.  The reason is that God has been preparing my heart and the hearts of our church brothers and sisters in the same way before the revival meeting.

Today, during this Wednesday prayer meeting, I want to further prepare for the upcoming revival meeting.  I want to prepare our hearts by hearing the message of repentance.  I also want to join in prayer with a heart of repentance to God.  I want to base this prayer on Acts 2:37, which says, "When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'"

We should pray to God together, asking that, when we hear the Lord’s Word, our hearts will be pierced.

              We are living in a spiritually numb age.  We are witnessing our hearts becoming increasingly hardened.  We have lost the reverence for God's Word.  We have entered an era where even the effort to obey His Word is being avoided.  We must listen carefully to Hebrews 4:7, which says: “… Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts ….”  We must follow the example of David.  In 2 Samuel 24:10, the Bible says that after David had counted the number of soldiers under his command, “his heart was troubled” – in other words, he was convicted in his conscience.  Afterward, he repented of his sin and said, “… I have sinned greatly in what I have done.  Now, Lord, I beg you, take away the guilt of your servant.  I have done a very foolish thing.”  Therefore, we desire to bear the appropriate fruits of repentance.  Consider Acts 26:20 and Matthew 3:8: “… Repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance…” (Acts 26:20), “Therefore bear fruits worthy of repentance” (Matt. 3:8).

True repentance will bring about reconciliation, restoration, reformation, and revival among us.  I earnestly pray that God will bring about such a marvelous revival within our Victory Community.