He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name sake – Psalm 23:4

Have you ever wondered why many professing Christians exist in America, yet so few cities have been genuinely transformed for Christ?

Or why do we passionately cry out for nations to be saved in a day in prayer meetings and conferences, yet our local spheres of influence remain essentially unchanged year after year?

For a community, a city, or a nation to be gripped with revival, a man or woman must first be fully gripped by God. Personal visitation is always the catalyst for revival. Visitation always precedes transformation. To shake the nation for God, we must first let God shake us!

Throughout history, God has used weak, broken vessels whose fragility is the perfect conduit for His glory and power to change cities and nations. God doesn’t wait until we have “arrived” at our destiny to encounter us; instead, He uses personal visitation as a critical part of our commissioning.

Seventy percent of the Bible is about trances, dreams, visions, signs and wonders, angelic encounters, and other supernatural accounts of God’s visiting men and women. God is not a respecter of persons; could it be that He wants to meet with you? Unfortunately, many Christians in America don’t believe in visitations from God because they don’t believe in the supernatural.

The Western church is barren because of its dependence on logic and intellectualism. We know the Word of God, but we lack the experience of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, the church is little more than a routine, a social club devoid of mass salvation, deliverance, and other supernatural touches.

We claim to believe that the Bible is true, yet somehow, we ignore the fact that Jesus commissioned us to walk in more wondrous works than He did. Miracles are not an option but rather a trademark of Basic Christianity. Why is there such a resistance to the supernatural? For many of us, the answer is fear and not submitting ourselves wholeheartedly to the Word of God and its instructions. For some reason, it appears that we’re more fearful of Satan rather than being desperate to experience an encounter with God.

Sometimes, we give more credit to what Satan can do rather than what God can do. Personal, supernatural visitations from God are essential for lives, cities, and nations to be changed. These aren’t just radical joy rides in the Spirit; they are DNA-altering experiences that transform us, giving us the faith and confidence to believe in and do the impossible.

Just as God used people in the Bible, He needs people today who will submit themselves to Him and be used by Him. When a revival begins to burn in Christians’ hearts, we can change nations, cities, states, and communities. We must work together and be committed to God for His Spirit to dwell within us and move through us.

As we feast upon His Word with prayer and fasting, His Word will conform and transform us. Then, we will begin to thirst and desire to submit to Him in every area of our lives. The Fruit of the Spirit will manifest in us and through us, and then we will pray without interruptions.

We will fast without our pastor calling a fast, and we will take the time to read and study His Word. When the revival fire begins in us, it will spread abroad. Have you asked God to use you to win souls? Have you asked Him to do what He wants for and through you? When we begin to yield ourselves wholeheartedly to Him, we will see the miracles, signs, and wonders that were done in years past.

Aren’t you tired of hearing what God used to do? He’s the same God who did it back then. He will do it again when we begin to seek after Him as the saints of old did. Seek God in prayer, read and study His Word, fast and make yourself available so He can use you!