The scripture tells us we prophesy in part and we know in part. It is though we are looking in a mirror. What is the nature of this mirror? It is a reflection, but a reflection of what? Could it not be a reflection of God's heart?

We are made into the image of God, and when we are born of the Spirit our character is being transformed into the image of Christ. God is changing our heart. When our heart's desire is to know the Lord more that anything, that He is truly our first and only love, then we begin to see His heart. As we glimpse this, our heart begins to burn. We commonly refer to the fire as a purification fire, but is not another aspect the fire in our heart for the Lord Jesus Christ?

A consuming fire that causes us to desire the Lord more than life itself. The cry is no longer "Though God Slay me I will trust Him," but has become "Dead to self and alive to Christ." A consuming fire that is in our heart. Our heart becomes a reflection of God's heart. We truly love the lost. We care for the hurting. More than anything we care for Christ. It is in Him alone, and through Him we realize we can make a difference. People may call us on fire, even zealous for Christ. Some may say fools for Christ. Why are we fools: because we will do what Jesus says and do not care about anything else.

As much as this fire will change us on the inside, it shows on the outside. Because our heart is a reflection of the Father's, we desire what the Father wants. We do no want any to perish, rather that all should come to repentance. We care for the poor, the homeless, the widows, and the orphans. Our heart is filled with compassion for the lost and hurting world. This is from the heart of the Father. If we do not have these, then can we have the heart of the Father? Though it is a reflection, as the reflection becomes purer, our desire for the things of God become greater.

This is revival. That the heart of the people would become restored to the heart of God. This is why a true revival has many converts, healings and repentance. When the heart of God is alive in his people, we cannot contain ourselves. We are zealous for the Father.

When we pray for our God to revive us, it is to once again fill us with a passion for Jesus. A passion that changes us and gives us the heart of the Father. When we look at what God is doing in the churches of the world today, we may either look at the outward signs or the heart. How is our heart being changed. Do we come our with a zeal for Jesus that overflows to the world? Do we go out to them? Do we put the needs of others above our own pleasures? Are we dead to self and alive to Christ?

Don Poindexter
donp@cin.net

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