There is a lot of talk about an awakening that is happening and will continue to happen around the globe. Many historically have called it the Great Awakening, because they saw masses of people “wake up!” But do you know what to look for when you hear of an awakening happening? It is easy to say big words like revival, awakening, harvest, new wine, outpouring. Great words, but do you know what it looks like when it starts happening?

I was reading Matthew 13 this morning while waiting in line at the DMV, if you have been there you know what I am saying. I arrived at 7:30am for an 8:30am opening and the line was already around the corner, so I sat on some cinderblocks and read my bible. While reading verse 15 jumped out at me, where it says, “For this people’s heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.” Matthew is quoting the prophet Isaiah in this passage.

The signs of the awakening are seen in this verse. When people wake up from having their eyes closed to God and His word, they begin to see, hear and understand, which then manifests in them turning to God, so He can heal them. This is not a salvation message, this is a call to the church. These were religious Jews, the people of God, Israel, who the prophet Isaiah and the apostle Matthew are addressing. The awakening is for a sleeping bride, a slumbering body of Christ, a shut eyes Christian.

You will see signs of the awakening, when those who have said a prayer, who go to church on Sunday, who would say they believe in Jesus, turn to God. When they turn they will see God and God activity, they will hear the voice of God and the people who speak for God and they will understand with their heart, for the dullness will give way to life. This is what the awakening looks like.

It is not more church services, it is a people who want to know God, people who say they can now hear God, people who will obey the word of God and who will adjust their life to what God calls righteousness not what they want to do, say or be. There are a few signs of an awakening beginning, but it is happening with church kids, churched young adults, but my question is where are the sleeping Christians who have been “saved’ for 20, 30, 40, 50 years, when will they wake up. This will be the sign of the great awakening for they will turn to God by the masses for their dull hearts will come alive.