Revival needs the call... The Holy Spirit will speak to the heart that needs to hear it.
According to Isaiah, many are intoxicated, while others are lethargic, thus we are called upon to Wake up, and be sober minded, and we see this nearly everywhere we look, and we find those who are sleepwalking are as those who are inebriated both are completely unaware (or stand in doubt) of their handicaped disposition.
They find Comfort and Assurance in reasoning with and amongst their like minded peers, where Yésʰûəʰ asks his own disciples (whom he deems to be the Ye of little faith), are you reasoning amongst yourselves?
Though heaven invites us to come together to reason with one another we tend to do so in a segregated fashion and thereby pull the wool over our wolfing eyes, convincing ourselves that we are fulfilling the intent of scripture, where in actuality such Comfort and Assurance only makes it more difficult to out grow immaturity and false notions.
The same tendency of the Ye of little faith circumvents their continuance in the Word, for the Ye of little faith conclude matters before all the chips can be properly counted and appropriately applied, which only strengthens the separation and divisions of the denominations.
Now, consider the severity of blaspheming Ruakʰ H'kôdesʰ, whom in my estimation we have all been inadvertently guilty of blaspheming, where many interpret the penalty to be a debt that can never be paid, when in reality it is a debt that can not be pardoned, and therefore must be paid whether in this life time or the next;
When Zechariah (John's father) failed to acknowledge the authority of Gabriel, by asking for a Sign to certify the legitimacy of the divine revelation, even he had to pay the price by spending nine months (or so) as a mute;
Even Sarah who laughed at the report of bearing a child at her old age, tried to deny her laughter out of fear.
Eve whom doubted the report of her own divinity thereby ushered in the curse of Adam and Adamah;
As was mentioned in an earlier post, those who have/get it, are given more to possess, and those who do not have/get it, have that which they possess abated from them, thus if one fails to acknowledge the presence of the Spirit, are subject to find the Spirit abating from them, and with it the need to invite it back into their Conscious hearts and minds.
And though it is true, "Revival needs the call...", and "The Holy Spirit will speak to the heart that needs to hear it" discernment is necessary, for Many rehearse formulas because they witness it's effectiveness, yet fail to take into consideration the divine implications, thus such a Group Song or Prayer should be prefaced in a manner where those present understand that it is a Song/Prayer not to uttered by those who have already uttered it until they find themselves out side of the covenant, and are returning from veering off the path.
The actual song is immaterial, it is what it says that is the key. I do not see a problem in inviting the Holy Spirit to fill us again - Paul reminds us to be filled constantly with the Holy Spirit in a present continuous sense. The problem, for me, is inviting G_d / Messiah to come and join us in our worship, instead of simply thanking him for being there in the first place. The idea of the original Call to Worship was that G_d calls us, not that we have to call him, as the prophets of Ba'al tried to get their god to wake up, or return from holiday, in the battle with Elijah.
