Isaiah 35:8 And a highway will be there; it will be called the way of holiness

• DAY 15 BIBLE READING

Acts 8-17


• DAY 15 PRAYER DEVOTIONAL

Isaiah 40:3

EVERY VALLEY SHALL BE RAISED UP, EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL MADE LOW

Nicky Gumbel in his book ‘The Heart of revival’ says concerning Isaiah 40:3‘….it declares the king is coming to his people. In many parts of the world, people prepare for a royal visitor by building roads, flattening bumps and filling in potholes. When God comes, valleys will be filled in and mountains will be flattened. The whole creation will sing for joy.’ As we prepare for our King to come, as we pray for personal and national revival, there is a new level of heart preparation that is necessary.

Duncan Campbell, who God used powerfully in the Lewes revival writes “Our confidence that revival is coming is based on God’s promise; his word and his character... He alone can bring about a true revival… Nevertheless it does not take place independently of human beings. We have a part to play.’

Personal and national revival are ultimately God’s sovereign work but in preparation we can yield to him those mountains and valleys in our lives, that are in the way of his coming…we can call out to him to come and prepare a way in us. That way is the way of holiness.

Sergio Scatalini who was prominent in the Argentinian revival in the 1980s says if you are not seeking the fire of his holiness you are in a different movement from the one that Jesus began. Earlier in Isaiah 35 we looked at how the Holy Spirit may be likened to streams of water. The Holy Spirit is also referred to in Scripture as coming with fire (Matthew 3:11). Sergio Scatalini suggests three dimensions in which you can live your life in the Holy Spirit.He says FiRST you become a seeker of the fire. Make it a lifelong journey to seek God. SECOND become a fire carrier. As you continue to seek him, allow the Holy Spirit to descend upon you mightily. You cannot produce this, but you can live in constant readiness for this to happen. THIRDLY become fire-carried. Get to a point where you are so surrendered to God that he finds no resistance. The fire of God will guide you. You sense you are led by the Spirit and carried by His power


• Lord, make a straight way in my wilderness , may a highway be prepared in me. Show me the mountains and valleys in my life, that are in the way of your coming, and as I seek the fire of your holiness….may it be my lifelong journey to be a fire-carrier and to be carried by your fire. Lead me by your spirit and carry me by your power, I pray.

Gumbel, N. The heart of revival, 26, 36

Scatalini, S. The fire of his holiness, 182