Holding a Hurricane

 We are at the end of hurricane season. Imagine the foolishness of some person thinking they can singlehandedly hold the hurricane and control its destructive force. That would be foolish and dangerous. It is equivalent to any person or group of people thinking they can hold and control real moves of God. 

We have grown accustomed to controlling religion. We have it down pat. We can organize, synchronize, and strategize worship, evangelism, discipleship and fellowship to the most minute detail. That does not mean we have held the move of God. In fact, all of that might just be indication there has not been a move of God. 

I have spent much of my adult life reading about moves of God in history. We call them revivals. When they come as seldom as they have in the past one thing I have noted. Nobody can control it. The wind of God's spirit blows where He wants and as long as He wants. He blows with such force the masses are caught up in it. The most hardened hearts are melted. 

I am reading now about such a move on the Asbury College campus one cold February morning. What started out as a typical organized chapel service turned into a hurricane of God's movement in Hughes Auditorium that lasted for several straight days without a break. Students lined up to confess sin, testify, pray, sing, and God swept through the campus, in a nearby seminary, and eventually all across the United States. Many repented. Many were saved. Many hearts were set afire by the blazing spirit of God. 

Classes had to be canceled. The cafeteria did not get frequented as often. Exams had to be postponed. Schedules had to be rearranged. Hughes Auditorium lights were left on continuously for days. 

I ache for the Spirit of God to come blow across this land in hurricane force that no preacher, no church, or no denomination can control and manipulate. I yearn for days of repentance, spiritual awakening and cultural transformation. If American will ever be great again, it will take a hurricane move of God to return us back to Him. Please Lord send it before it is too late.