Downpour

I am reading a book by James MacDonald titled Downpour. It is a call to experience God in personal revival. He defines revival as “renewed interest after a period of indifference or decline. In his introduction, he invites us to make and keep some promises. I have found these to be challenging. Let me share the first promise: A Promise about Dissatisfaction. This is a promise that I will be dissatisfied with anything less than a genuine personal experience with God. Let me quote MacDonald: “I want more of God in my life. I want more heartfelt worship and more measurable progress in personal righteousness. I don’t want to just hear I’m in God’s family; I want to feel it! I want true joy and peace that penetrates the conceptual and arrives unhindered at the center of a genuine personal experience.”   Is he focusing  too much on  “feeling” instead  of faith?  Perhaps , but I find his words  increase my appetite for  an encounter with the living  God, and  I think that is good! Apathy is an ever present danger for any believer, and spiritual appetite needs to grow if we are to experience revival.

Hosea