SPIRITUAL RESURGENCE God has a way of restoring His church in seasons we least expect
By Naomi Kilungu The most obvious, most salient, and most powerful cause of the spiritual resurgence in the church, is precisely what was supposed to cause its death. Now we know, that the ubiquity of the church and its relevance has been evident, even when the gates of hell opened, they did not prevail. There is renewal and we are about to witness a comeback. The unashamed church, spotless bride who is refined for her bridegroom. These are the days when we shall walk in the volume of the book as it is written of us. How I long to see. In this century some elites have assumed that economic and social modernization would lead to withering away of the church. But, they are wrong. Indeed, such times cause great awakening. Because secularism and its modernization has risen probably with a goal of science, rationalism, and pragmatism eliminating what the church builds.
For we do not live by reason alone. We cannot calculate and act rationally in pursuit of our goals until we define our ‘self’. In times of rapid social, economic and even political change established identities dissolve, especially in this season, the self must be redefined, and new identities created. For people facing the need to determine who am I? Where do I belong? Faith in God, provides compelling answers. In this context we are talking about faith in God, Yahweh just to be specific. This is the time people rediscover or create new historical identities. They retrace the ancient paths. They go back to living authentic lives.This is renewal. Whatever universal goals we may all have,faith gives people identity by positing a basic distinction between believers and nonbelievers.
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