Asbury Revival - What's Happening?

I am temporarily discontinuing the series on the Restoration of the Tabernacle of David to comment on the current revival that is taking place in Kentucky. It has its sceptics, but whether it is a genuine revival or not, only time will tell.

However, I have been touched by the nature of it because I prophesied about revival that would focus on prayer and worship many years ago and have been saying to the Church that the revival that will come will be different to anything we have previously seen. Here are some things I have written in my book, ‘The Worshiping You’, that appears to be like what’s happening at Asbury university.

In May of 1984, I was in my home study in Johannesburg, South Africa, when I was suddenly aware of the wonderful presence of the Lord. I felt led to write down impressions and thoughts in my heart that I knew were not of my own invention. During this time, I wrote the following words. 

A time is coming when the Church will not rest, day or night. Congregations will come together in shifts to worship God, simply because they want to. Their theme will be Holy, Holy, Holy. All activities in the Body will give way to worship, and worship will be the central theme for all activities. Countless thousands will be swept into the church’s day and night as congregations continually flow into the sanctuary to worship the Highest God. They will be swept in like falling leaves upon a swift flowing river. Sundays will no longer be known as the day of worship but another day of worship. 

We will soon see a return of continual worship on a large scale in local churches around the world, not because of organized 24-hour worship events, but as a response to His presence in our midst. Continual worship will become so prevalent that it will seem strange to think there was a time when we limited it to Sunday services and church buildings. Christians will consistently pursue the presence of God in their homes and churches. The testimony of His presence and power will draw unbelievers to the church. They will also be drawn because of the signs and wonders commonly associated with those who love Jesus.

There will be such a hunger and thirst for the presence of God that our church buildings and places of fellowship will not be able to contain those who desire to worship Him. Church as we know it today will take on a different format. Churches will have to remain open literally day and night to accommodate the worshipers, engaging congregations like no other church activity has done before. Praise and worship will be accompanied by prayer and spill out into the streets with signs and wonders as a demonstration of God’s love for mankind. In fact, many of the weekly meetings and other activities we presently participate in will give way to worship and prayer meetings. All this will take place because believers will have such a strong desire to spend time in God’s presence.

The key partners of prayer and praise, worship and intimacy, and godly fear, will be much more evident in our meetings, and we will grow in revelation knowledge of these activities. Prayer warriors will partner with worshipers in local churches and prepare the spiritual atmosphere for corporate gatherings. They will blanket our communities, towns, and cities with God’s presence and evangelists will come forth like Lazarus from the grave. Even evangelists whose ministries are seemingly dead will arise with resurrection power. Like Elijah of old, they will walk in a place of supernatural accomplishments through the Word of God that they carry in their mouths. The enemy will not be able to contradict or resist them.

What we should look for is this revival to spread into other communities with the same intensity and continue in churches small and large across international borders. We don’t have to stoke the flames of true revival because it’s a self-propelling unstoppable work of the Spirit. We must be careful not to promote it with our own ideas but steward it with great wisdom and reverence. 

Could this be the start of the greatest revival that the Church will experience before Jesus returns? I honestly don’t know, but I am thrilled that something is happening that is touching the lives of young and old, who are responding in repentance, prayer, and worship. What a moment to ponder and pray for God’s will to be done!