Let God send the fire of His Spirit here, and the minister will be more
and more lost in his Master. You will come to think less of the speaker
and more of the truth spoken…
It is the darkness that forces men to seek the brightness of God's
glory. In a museum at Checkpoint Charlie, the border crossing from West
to East Berlin, there's a picture of a Lutheran pastor in East Germany
who poured gasoline over his entire body and burned himself alive. He
was protesting the pressure his government had placed on youth to
follow atheism and Communism. Certainly the night had become dark in
East Germany.
Today it seems that darkness once again is the order of the day.
Secular humanism is the rationale of this generation, while we seem to
be controlled by fear. Terrorism continues to grow worldwide. Moral
decay is evidenced by an outbreak of gross, sexually transmitted
diseases. The problem seems equally great within the church. Many cry
with despair, "Our generation is one of fear and darkness. There is no
hope!"
Herein lies the key to revival in the Western world. Revival can be
defined by one word: Jesus. He's the only way to create the new man.
He's the truth and the underlying philosophy for a society to function
as it should. But most of all, He is life!