In 1904, a great revival spread throughout the land of Wales in the British Isles. God’s power came down and swept the land, and it is estimated that some 150,000 people were saved. If you look at the beginnings of that revival, it began with some men & women who got serious about holiness before God and prayer and seeking God with their whole hearts. They were not double-minded, but they had hearts exclusively belonging to the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

We hear these stories or read these stories and think: That was then, this is now. America is too long gone. There is no hope. We’ll be lucky not to lose any more ground much less get a nation revived and awakened. Yet I tell you, the God who brought revival in Wales in 1904 is still the same God in heaven today and He is waiting for some Christians to get serious about Him & Holiness & Holy Spirit Power

 

This same God can still renew and revive an entire nation—but how? What would it take for an entire nation to be renewed and revived? It would take a people who would develop hearts that see the Lord Jesus Christ exclusively. Not seeking Christ and entertainment. Not seeking Christ and sports. Not seeking Christ and anything else. Seek Christ with everything. 

 

Seek the LORD while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:6–7 ESV)

 

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD. (Zephaniah 2:3 ESV)

 

Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil (Isaiah 1:16 ESV)

 

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us (Hebrews 12:1 ESV)