Devotional Day 40 for Friday 4/9

New Testament Reading: Acts 9
Old Testament Reading: Zechariah 8:20-23

What will a great awakening look like?  I believe that answer is found in Zechariah 8:20-23.

Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Peoples shall yet come, even the inhabitants of many cities. The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, 'Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and to seek the LORD of hosts; I myself am going.' Many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD. Thus says the LORD of hosts: In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue shall take hold of the robe of a Jew, saying, 'Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.'"

The fast ends today.  Many will hear that God is with his church again.  The inhabitants of many cities that live in Boston shall gather together to worship Jesus.

So what is your role as we are sent out from this fast as we return to churches, towns, cities, and nations?

It is simply to invite people to come seek the Lord with you.  Both believers AND non-believers.  "Come, I myself am going."  Prayer for awakening is useless unless it produces an awakened people that invite others to come with them.

In Acts 9, God worked a powerful miracle to reveal to Jesus to Saul.  Yet, Ananias, a normal Christian who prayed, had to go to Saul and invite him into the kingdom.  He had to lay hands on him and set him free from his blindness  He had to ask Jesus to release the Holy Spirit over Saul.  If Ananais had never gone and INVITED (or maybe more accurately welcomed) Saul into the kingdom, Saul would quite possibly have died blind.

Revival may be breaking out all around us at this moment, and we simply may be missing it because we have not responded to the Lord's promptings to invite others in.  I am sure when we do we will be amazed to find God has already been working in their lives.

What might revival look like for you?  Maybe, there is simply one person who God wants you to invite.  One Saul, one Billy Graham who you invite into the kingdom.  And that one you invited, changes the destinies of nations.  Maybe, there is only ever one, but that one will be waiting in heaven to thank you.

Are you ready to extend the invitation?