Intimacy and personal revival intersect when we meet God alone first.
But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door,
pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in
secret will reward you openly.—Matthew 6:6
Nothing can prevent the spiritual rejuvenation of the soul that insists upon
having it. Though that solitary man or woman must live and walk among persons
religiously dead, he or she may experience the great transformation as certainly and
as quickly as if he were in the most spiritual church in the world.
The Christian that will have God's best becomes at once the object of the personal
attention of the Holy Spirit. Such a person will not be required to wait for the
rest of the church to come alive. He or she will not be penalized for the failures of his or her fellow Christians, nor be asked to forego the blessing till all the sleepy
brethren catch up. God deals with the individual heart as exclusively as if
only one existed.... Every prophet, every reformer, every revivalist had to
meet God alone before he could help the multitudes. The great leaders who went
on to turn thousands to Christ had to begin with God and their own soul. The
plain Christian of today must experience personal revival before he can hope
to bring renewed spiritual life to his church.
"Lord, I pray this morning the words of Jonathan Edwards: 'Resolved... that
all men would live for the glory of God; resolved, second...that if nobody
else does, I will.' Amen."
A.W. Tozer
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