A friend recently posted a sentence that stayed with me:
“We’re just one spark from a flame…”
My mind went immediately to revival.
In our church lately, we have experienced some powerful movements of the Spirit. One recent Sunday, our pastor never got to preach because people were praying in the altar. Guests from outside an Apostolic background have chosen to stay because they are drawn to what they feel.
I also sense a growing unity. People are praying together, growing closer, and becoming more intentional about how they live their faith.
Those things have left me with a sense of preparation, expectancy, and urgency.
Something is stirring, and I want to be responsive to it.
Acts describes the gathering at Pentecost this way:
“When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
—Acts 2:1 NKJV
The Spirit came upon those gathered believers. They were filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in other tongues as He enabled them. God supplied the power, and their lives were changed. (biblegateway.com)
As the chapter continues, we see how that new life took shape. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching, fellowship, shared meals, and prayer. They cared for people’s needs and gathered regularly to worship. Their response to God influenced the way they lived together (Acts 2:42–47).
That helps me put words to what I have been sensing:
A people becoming available to God and attentive to one another.
There is intentionality in that. I can make time to pray. I can give Scripture my attention. I can listen when someone shares a burden and pray alongside them. I can welcome the person who is still learning everyone’s name. I can take responsibility for an attitude God has brought to my attention.
These ordinary decisions give expression to my willingness to follow Him.
And there is urgency.
Hebrews brings our response into the present:
“Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
—Hebrews 3:15 NKJV
That warning calls me to receive what God says with a willing heart. Today matters. The conviction I recognize deserves a response. The clear step of obedience before me deserves my attention.
If I have been sensing a need to return to consistent prayer, I can begin today. If I know I need to seek forgiveness, I can take that first humble step. If God is dealing with something I have resisted surrendering, I need to bring it honestly before Him.
I can pray for revival while offering God my present willingness to obey.
One person’s response can encourage another. Someone begins praying, and another person joins them. Someone asks for help, and others gather around. Someone takes a difficult step of obedience, and another finds courage to take their own.
The spark may come in a moment we could never have planned. There may already be beginnings around us: renewed hunger, deeper prayer, restored relationships, hearts becoming tender toward God.
I want to tend those beginnings faithfully. I want the expectancy I feel in a service to influence how I live when I leave it. I want to remain available when obedience interrupts my plans and attentive when someone needs my time.
We’re just one spark from a flame. Lord, prepare my heart to respond.
Teach us to seek You with expectancy, to respond with urgency, and to love one another with intention. As You move among us, help each of us take the next step You have made clear.
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