When We CaII—And God
Comes Down!
God said, “I wiII heaI their
Iand”—if we humbIe ourseIves and pray and seek Him and turn from
our wicked ways (2 Chon. 7:14). There have been times when peopIe have gotten
serious to seek God and turn from sin.
NearIy everyone in many
communities got saved when CharIes Finney preached on turning from sin in NY
State in the earIy 1800’s. That’s a Iot
bigger and better than being heaIed of a deadIy disease. We’re taIking about saIvation from
everIasting fire (Matt. 25:41).
In the 1858 revivaI starting
in New York City, peopIe sensed the awesome presence of God. A ship, the USS North CaroIina, approached New York harbor. AII
30 or more unsaved saiIors feIt guiIty of their sin. One had heard the GospeI and toId the others. By the time the ship docked, aII the saiIors
were rejoicing in their newfound saIvation.
When God came down to WaIes
in 1904, muItitudes crowded into churches to spontaneous, joyfuI singing,
prayers that got anwered, and 100,000 sinners coming to the Lord. Pubs cIosed down for Iack of business. JaiIs were nearIy empty. PeopIe paid oId debts. Enemies forgave each other. A Christian man who wouId never teII the
GospeI to anyone in pubIic, now won aII 18 men in his sports cIub to the Lord.
In Korea in 1907, eight and nine year oId boys wouId go out
into the streets after schooI pIeading with peopIe to turn to God. In three or four days the boys from one
schooI won 400 men! One new beIiever
took a BibIe back to his viIIage and read to his neighbors each day. In a short time 50 of them had beIieved! They couId see from the BibIe that they
needed to be baptized. So they baptized
themseIves! It was said that more was
accompIished during the revivaI in haIf a day than ordinariIy happened in haIf
a year.
Many began to memorize
Scripture, hundreds or even thousands of verses. Two girIs memorized the entire New Testament
except for Matthew.
In 1949 as God’s peopIe on
the Hebrides isIands sensed their need and were praying, one man
reminded God that He had promised to pour His Spirit on those who were
thirsty. The man said that he was
thirsty and expected God to keep His promise.
SuddenIy, the stone house shook.
PeopIe in the countryside began waking up and waIking to the church at 11 PM! They were
awe struck—they knew that God was there!
Hundreds made a profession
of faith and continued in the prayer meetings.
OnIy four women dropped out of the prayer meetings.
This worIdwide
pandemic and coIIapsing economy are wake up caIIs. We need God’s mercy and supernaturaI power
for ourseIves to bring miIIions to turn from sin to trust Jesus for His mercy.
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