Reviving My Heart, My Mind, My Life

The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward! Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Israelites shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. –Exodus 14:15-16

I am singing “Change” and in my mind’s eye, I am back at the beach and I can hear the roaring of the waves behind me. I remember the ladies gathering and expectations on their faces. It was an awesome sight. The ladies walking towards the waves. The waves roaring toward the shore.

The air was cool and the wind a little brisk. Yet, no one seemed to notice and simply embraced what God had put together. There were ladies of all ages from teens to maturity. We gathered in a circle. Silence..Roaring waves. Reverence. The circle kept growing. Soon, the voices of the women joined in the harmonious rhythm of the ocean. I listened as each woman spoke to God and my heart was stirring. I thanked God just for His presence. I thanked Him for his blessings. I thanked Him for his forgiveness. I thanked Him for his deliverance.


Today I am thanking Him for the journey and the lessons learned. I am thanking Him for the party in my heart, my mind and my life. I am thanking him for the spirit of Revival. To revise means to restore, to refresh, and to restore to life.

Is it time for you to revive some things in your life. Is it time for your joy to be restored. Is it time for life renewed. We were reminded at the beach that “it ain’t that BIG! When we compare what we are experiencing with the awesomeness of the ocean, it ain’t that big. If you can own that reality, your life will begin to change.

The shackles of depression, abuse, betrayal, financial setbacks, neglect, loneliness, abandonment, death and disease are not bigger than God. So make a decision to let it go and the Lord will meet you were you are.

Go to a quiet room or place. Don’t take your cell phone, laptop, iphone. Give God your undivided attention. Talk to the Lord and tell him all about it. Call it by name! Shame! Spousal abuse! Molestation! Anxiety! Betrayal! Shout out to the Lord for deliverance and claim the peace the Lord wants for you. The Lord really wants you to have peace. I believed that and received that!

While you are on your knees agonizing with God, ask forgiveness for all of your thoughts, actions, reactions and deeds that were contrary to His word. If you are dealing with a mean spirit, unforgiving spirit, retaliatory spirit, spirit of messiness, spirit of overindulgence, promiscuous spirit, call it what is it and ask to be delivered from that. Be honest with yourself and with the Lord!

Open your heart and really hear from God. Be patience. Don’t rush God. Besides, rushing God in the past didn’t work. It won’t work now! Live in the moment and take one day at a time.

When the waves in the ocean become too large to support themselves, they break and we witness this by seeing the whiteness at the edge of the wave. When the waves in our lives become too large and break, let go and allow the Lord to hold back the energy of the issues in life. You can then witness the whiteness of grace and mercy, forgiveness and Revival.

It’s a new day. I know the night may have been restless and the past painful. It’s a new day! Make a decision to have a Revival in your mind, in your heart and in your life.