Presence, Rest, Revival.
Going back to my roots… or at least a few years.
My heart has always burned to witness the move of God that ushers in the end-time harvest of souls. Not to observe from a distance, but to stand in the middle of it, hands dirty, heart alive, fully alive in the moment.
I don’t think I’ve ever understood the cost. I probably still don’t.
But I know this: I will not sacrifice my marriage. My children will grow up serving the Lord. My life will not trade holiness for burn out or pressure. Still… there is a cost.
The cost is time. Presence. Change.
A life aligned with His heart.
A rhythm where my desires and His move as one.
Revival is change. It stretches. It presses. It confronts. It fills and it empties.
It demands much, yet gives everything in return.
“He restores my soul…You prepare a table before me.” (Psalm 23).
Even in revival, there is rest. There is overflow. There is joy.
Before God sends you to people, He seats you at His table.
Before you must pour out, He fills you with His oil.
The table He prepares is not just for you.
Those walking with you must rest, drink, and also breathe.
The overflow in your life means those around you must taste the rest you carry, not the pressure you refuse to surrender.
Always remember that faith is rest. Faith in a Father who leads you.
Faith that enters promise not by striving, but by trusting.
“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.” (Hebrews 4:9).
You hear. You speak. You obey. Then… you sit.
In the presence of visible contradictions, you sit.
With enemies at the edge of your vision, you sit.
Because He is The Shepherd, and “I shall not want”.
The path we walk, the journey ahead, the call on our lives — it is walked in rest. Yes, there are trials. Yes, there is pressure. But pressure met in rest brings a shift, a foundation to live from…not destruction but reconstruction.
Like the old Footprints story, when the sand only shows one set of prints, it is not abandonment. It is being carried by Jesus.
The path that is before us, that is ready and prepared, is the path that is ordered of the Lord. The Word of God, the light in our hearts, illuminates our steps. We can be led, following the light, into the place of rest.
Remember today: His burden is light. His yoke is easy.
The weight only grows heavy when we pick up what was never ours, or when He strengthens us to carry more purpose and responsibility.
You will face trials on the journey. Temptation to stop and give up. The place of rest becomes our ultimate place of victory. Let patience has her perfect work and become complete, entire, wanting nothing. Let God’s goodness flow, even at the point of conflict and stress.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.” (Psalm 23:6)
Today, return to rest, not retreat.
Return to fire, not faffing.
Return to the Shepherd and not to the burden.
The Lord is my Shepherd.
I shall not want.