Men and Women Who Will Bring Revival

Men and Women Who Will Bring Revival

Revival needs more than admiration or prayer alone — an army that works hard for the King.

The impact of the revival will rest on men and women who work hard for the King. People willing to be discipled. People who will walk with leadership close enough and long enough for the saints to be perfected and equipped, so they can actually do the difficult work of the ministry.

Not a crowd stirred for a night. An exceeding great army, even out of a valley of dry bones. Prophesied over. Equipped. United with men of God. Strengthened with all might by His Spirit in the inner man. Then they rise, not to be admired, but to be used. Sent into the work — not to watch it, but to do it.

Pray That God Would Raise the Laborers

In September 2014 a sentence from A. W. Pink caused me to realize that in our praying for revival we need to focus on praying to God that He will raise up those men and women who will bring about the revival. I still pray that. I am asking God to raise spiritually powerful men and women. They will do more for humanity than the greatest politicians, because they will give themselves fully to the Father’s business.

Equipped for the Work of the Ministry

Jesus knew what that business was. He said, “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” Paul uses the same kind of word - “the work” - when he tells us why Christ gave apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers: for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ.

That word “work” means real labor. A task. An assignment that must be completed. It is not entertainment. It is not mere attendance. It is not talk without action. It is work you do, not work you discuss - it requires labor.

This is why discipleship matters. The saints are not equipped so they can remain spectators. They are equipped so they can work. God is looking for people who will come under the hand of leadership, receive correction, stay in the process, and let the gifts of Christ and His resurrection power work mightily through them.

An Exceeding Great Army

An army is not raised by isolated zeal. Bones came together in Ezekiel’s valley only as they were prophesied over. Then breath entered, and they stood on their feet, an exceeding great army. That is still the pattern. The Word is spoken. Discipleship takes place. Lives are joined in unity. The Spirit breathes. What was dry becomes a glorious force for the cause of Christ.

Weakness First, Then Resurrection Power

I am not encouraging us to try to impress anyone with strength. The opposite is actually needed; I am calling us to position ourselves in weakness before God, and then walk in the power of His resurrection. Jesus taught this when He spoke of the man who said, “I have nothing to set before him.” That poverty did not disqualify him. Because he persisted — ‘I have nothing’ — it positioned him to receive all that he needed.

We have nothing in ourselves that can raise an army or finish the work. That is the beginning of usefulness. From that place His resurrection life makes possible what was not possible before.

Paul longed to know that power of His resurrection. The longing did not make him great in himself. It opened him to the grace of God. That is why he could say, “I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.” He did not work casually. He “laboured more abundantly”.

The risen Christ in Paul produced a labor beyond ordinary measure. Costly toil. And still the glory and honor stayed with grace: yet not I.

That is what I want for the men and women God is raising. Strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. United with faithful leaders. About the Father’s business until other pursuits take second place. By His grace and for His glory.

Be Strong and Work

In my journal entry, March 2016 my heart was stirred to work very hard, knowing that our labor is not in vain if we do it for the glory of Jesus Christ. Very few are willing to work hard in the kingdom. Many hide behind a false rest: abide in Christ, and let Him work while we remain idle. We must abide and also we must not be slothful. As we remain abiding in His grace, His strength will work through us until we accomplish what seemed impossible.

That is the word that came when the house looked like nothing compared with its former glory: “Be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work: for I am with you, saith the Lord of hosts.” His Spirit remains. Fear not. Be strong and work.

The Price of Fruitfulness

There is a price for that kind of fruitfulness. Paul did not hide it. Ministers of God approve themselves in much patience, in afflictions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

This is not an easy path. On December 12, 2014 I wrote that I was not looking for one. I wanted to become a prisoner of the Lord and willingly take up the cross. That must remain the mindset of anyone who will help bring revival.

Finish the Work God Has Given Us

“So rise and go to work. Always abound in the work of the Lord. Your labor is not in vain in Him. God still chooses ordinary people — fishermen, farmers like Elisha, men and women from common occupations. He has never needed a large supply of professionals. He needs people who will be discipled, filled with resurrection life, and faithful until the task is finished.

There is a joy on the other side of this obedience: to say, “We have finished the work that God gave us to do.” If this word has found you, do not only agree with it. Come under the hand that can equip you. Put the Father’s business first. Work hard for the King. The grace of the risen Christ is enough for the difficult task that is set before us.

Arise, let us go hence!

Aaron Beiler