Introduction: The next few devotions are going to relate to the subject of REVIVAL – Spiritual awakening. There seems to be a misunderstanding of this phenomenon that is recorded in the Bible. Here’s a further explanation of REVIVAL.

1. Revival starts with some things we need to get rid of …”Cleanse”! (2Chron 29:18-19)

“18Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. 19Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.”

Is there anything you need to get rid of? Bad habits? Wrong thinking? UnChristlike behavior? ill will toward others? How about some “SPRING CLEANING”?

2. Revival moves to some things we need to “Rebuild”! (2Chron 29:20f)

“20Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD….. 31Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings…. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. 36And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly.”

It is never wrong to do right. And it is never right to do wrong. Hezekiah did right.He made the wrong right! Are there some things you need to “rebuild”?