“Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over how God had prepared the people, for it had come about suddenly.” – 2 Chronicles 29:36
It’s easy to become discouraged by our culture’s movement away from God. We read the articles, hear the statistics, and personally witness the decline of faith in the West. It’s easy to move from these observations to a mistaken belief that it’s all inevitable and inexorable. It is not!!!
In His timing, God can bring about dramatic awakening and revival. Moreover, He can do so unexpectedly and extraordinarily quickly! It’s happened before in the Western world and also throughout biblical history.
After a long generation of unfaithfulness, King Hezekiah was God’s chosen instrument to bring Judah back to faithfulness. He motivated the priests and Levites to faithfulness and called upon the people of Judah and Israel and they responded. They responded with joy and delight, with a profound, God-given hunger for fellowship and the worship of the Lord. Hezekiah’s revival saw a movement of faith that hadn’t been seen in centuries.
All that took place immediately after one of the most faithless times in Judah’s history. So never give up hope! Trust in the Lord. Pray without ceasing for a new awakening. Be faithful and serve well in the place and time God has appointed for you.