Why Revival Tarries?

One of the oldest of our complaints and cries is "Why does revival tarry?" I have been thinking about this today because of the upcoming revival at Calvary SBC in Decatur. On Sunday, October 4 to Wednesday, October 7, the church will host Dr. Richard Tribble as the evangelist for these meetings. Richard is a good man and an excellent preacher; if a man could bring revival, Richard could!

But, we know that no man can. Only God can send revival, so we continually cry out to him as did the Prophet Isaiah in Isaiah 64:1-5:

1 "Oh that you would rend the heavens and come down,
that the mountains might quake at your presence—
2 as when fire kindles brushwood
and the fire causes water to boil—
to make your name known to your adversaries,
and that the nations might tremble at your presence!
3 When you did awesome things that we did not look for,
you came down, the mountains quaked at your presence.
4 From of old no one has heard
or perceived by the ear,
no eye has seen a God besides you,
who acts for those who wait for him.
5 You meet him who joyfully works righteousness,
those who remember you in your ways.
Behold, you were angry, and we sinned;
in our sins we have been a long time, and shall we be saved?"

Of course, God's answer to this question is given in Isaiah 65... it is our sins that keep Him from sending His blessings!

May God use these meetings at Calvary to convict us, cleanse us, and change us!

I hope to see you there!