The LORD Reigns! - Young adults in revival share

I was shouting it out loud, really loud…in the middle of the sanctuary! Worship Leader Dustin Smith had just given a powerful message at World Revival Church of Kansas City. He preached on the way that our perception of God and the availability of His power has been skewed. He said that we've begun to see God as the One who was, and is to come, but have forgotten the Almighty God who reigns right now!

My eyes were opened. The same God who split the Red Sea is still that same God today. He hasn’t changed, but we've changed. The "traditions of our elders" have taught us that God was powerful back in the Bible, and He will someday again be that God, but for now, He does not move in power.

At the end of the sermon, Pastor Dustin came down and prayed for people. When he prayed for me, God began to shake something inside of me.

I saw how inadequate I was to do what we as believers are called to do…to bring revival to the nations. I saw my flaws and the problems I was facing, but then God showed me the most amazing part. That it doesn’t matter! It doesn’t matter if I have weaknesses!

Why? Because the LORD reigns! His mighty, (Almighty!) power does not depend on how capable I am.

As I was on the prayer floor, I felt like God was telling me to start speaking out loud the truth, “The LORD reigns.” I started to say it, and then I heard, “I want you to shout it.” I thought, “God, if I start shouting it, I’m going to look like an idiot!” Then I heard God say, “You’re going to have to start taking the risk of looking like an idiot if you want to honor me.”

I started to speak the truth out, until it gradually broke out into a shout, “The LORD reigns!” I shouted it at the top of my lungs! And as I did, I felt something break open inside of me. I felt something inside of me expand.

God gave me a new boldness and bigger knowledge of who He is, the God of the Bible.

The Living God. The Almighty God. The One who reigns right here and right now!