The coming revival will be a mighty move of the Holy Spirit

Are You Ready for What God Is About to Release?

There are moments in the presence of God that do not simply touch you; they mark you.

They do not pass over your life like a breeze and disappear by morning. They enter the deep places. They settle into your spirit. They become a burning coal in the inner man, something you carry long after the atmosphere has lifted, long after the room has emptied, long after the ordinary routines of life have resumed.

I have had moments with the Lord that encouraged me. I have had moments that strengthened me. I have had moments that corrected me. But there are some encounters that do something far deeper. They confront the framework of how you think, how you minister, how you prepare, how you lead, and how you imagine the future.

This was one of those moments.

I remember being in a place of prayer when the presence of the Lord became unusually strong. It was not merely a feeling. It was not emotional excitement. It was not the normal sense of comfort that can come when believers gather and seek Him together. It was weighty. It was holy. It was as though heaven itself had drawn near, and everyone in the room could sense that the Lord was doing something.

There are times when you can describe the presence of God, and there are times when description feels too small. This was one of those times. The atmosphere seemed filled with the nearness of heaven. It was as though the sanctuary had been flooded by the reality of another realm. The invisible became strangely tangible. The eternal pressed into the temporal. The room felt less like a building and more like a meeting place between heaven and earth.

And in that holy atmosphere, I sensed the Lord asking me a question.

It was not a casual question. It was not a religious question. It was not the kind of question that gives you room to answer quickly with spiritual language. It was a question that pierced me.

“Now that I am moving on the hearts of the lost, are you ready for a twenty-four-seven revival to be released?”

I wish I could say that my immediate answer was bold, confident, and full of faith. I wish I could say that I rose inwardly and declared, “Yes, Lord, we are ready.” But that would not be the truth.

My honest answer was no.

Not because I did not desire revival. Not because I did not believe in the power of God. Not because I did not long to see the lost saved, the broken healed, the oppressed delivered, and the church awakened. I did. I still do.

But when the Lord asked that question, I suddenly became aware of how unprepared I felt.

My mind immediately began running through the practicalities. How would we facilitate something like that? How would people be cared for? How would services continue? Who would lead? Who would pray? Who would clean? Who would steward the altar? Who would handle the practical needs? How would we sustain something that did not stop after a meeting, a weekend, or a conference?

The natural mind tries to manage what only the Spirit can birth.

I began thinking about schedules, people, systems, capacity, exhaustion, leadership, order, and responsibility. I was not trying to resist God. I was trying to understand how such a thing could possibly be carried in the natural.

And then I sensed the Lord bring correction, but not harsh correction. It was the correction of a Father who exposes the limitations of human reasoning so He can invite us into the rest of divine initiative.

I felt Him say, in essence, “Lay all of these practicalities down.”

That arrested me.

The Lord was not saying that order does not matter. He was not saying that wisdom does not matter. He was not saying that stewardship does not matter. But He was showing me that what He was speaking about would not be a work of the flesh. It would not be sustained by human engineering. It would not come because we figured out how to organize heaven into our calendar.

He was saying that He Himself would move on the hearts of people.

He would draw them. He would awaken them. He would compel them. He would provide for what He initiated. He would release hunger. He would release surrender. He would release the grace to respond.

And when He spoke that into my spirit, something happened inside me that I have never forgotten.

Rest fell on me.

Not ordinary rest. Not relaxation. Not emotional relief. It was a pronounced rest, a deep supernatural stillness that seemed to settle over my entire being. It was as though the striving part of me was silenced by the sovereignty of God. The pressure to figure everything out was swallowed by the reality that the Lord does not ask man to manufacture what only God can release.

That rest felt like a new measure of His manifested presence.

It was not passive. It was not weak. It was not sleepy. It was powerful. It was the kind of rest that comes when heaven says, “This is My work.” It was the kind of rest that confronts religious panic and replaces it with holy confidence. It was the kind of rest that reminds us that revival is not born in human ambition, sustained by human charisma, or preserved by human control.

Revival belongs to God.

Yes, He uses people. Yes, He uses vessels. Yes, He uses churches, leaders, intercessors, worshippers, preachers, pastors, and servants. But the river does not begin with the vessel. The fire does not begin with the altar worker. The glory does not begin with the preacher. The awakening does not begin with the platform.

It begins in the heart of God.

And I believe with everything in me that there is a move of the Spirit still to come that will not fit neatly inside our old wineskins.

This is not something I have forgotten. It still burns in me.

I believe the Lord is preparing a people for a move of His presence that will touch regions, churches, families, cities, and nations. I believe He is moving upon hearts in ways we cannot yet fully see. I believe He is stirring hunger beneath the surface. I believe He is awakening dissatisfaction with religious routine. I believe He is placing eternity back into the hearts of men and women who have grown tired of powerless Christianity.

This move will not be for the spiritually entertained. It will not be for those looking for a new meeting to attend, a new sound to admire, or a new atmosphere to enjoy for a moment before returning unchanged. This move will be for the hungry.

The Lord made that clear to me.

It would be for those who thirst. It would be for those who hunger. It would be for those who cannot be satisfied with crumbs from the table when the Father is inviting them into fullness. It would be for those who have reached the end of religious performance and are crying out for the living God.

There is a kind of hunger that God Himself releases. It is not human curiosity. It is not spiritual boredom. It is not emotional intensity for a moment. It is a holy ache placed in the heart by the Spirit of God.

It is the ache that says, “I must have more of Him.”

More than ministry success. More than recognition. More than comfort. More than control. More than safe church life. More than religious vocabulary. More than being known by people.

I must have Him.

I believe this hunger is already being released in the earth. I believe there are people right now who do not even fully understand why they are dissatisfied. They may still attend church. They may still sing the songs. They may still hear the sermons. They may still speak the language of faith. But something in them is crying out, “There must be more than this.”

That cry is not rebellion when it is directed toward God. It may be the beginning of awakening.

The danger is that many people try to answer holy hunger with lesser things. They try to feed it with activity, conferences, platforms, arguments, opinions, theological debate, entertainment, religious busyness, or emotional hype. But none of those things can satisfy a hunger that was created by the Holy Spirit.

Only God can satisfy the hunger that God releases.

And I believe the Lord is looking for people in whom He can show Himself strong. Not perfect people. Not polished people. Not impressive people. Surrendered people.

That is where the question becomes personal.

Are we ready?

It is easy to say yes when revival is still an idea. It is easy to say yes when the cost remains theoretical. It is easy to say yes when we imagine revival as blessing without disruption, glory without surrender, power without purification, harvest without travail, and increase without inconvenience.

But true revival is not merely God visiting our schedule. It is God interrupting our ownership.

It asks for the whole life.

Not the religious part of life. Not the Sunday part of life. Not the visible part of life. Not the part we are comfortable giving Him.

All of it.

This is where many people stumble. They want the presence of God, but they also want to remain in control. They want the fire of God, but not the refining of motives. They want the harvest, but not the burden. They want miracles, but not surrender. They want the river, but they still want to manage the banks.

But when God truly moves, He does not come as a guest in our house. He comes as Lord.

And Lordship touches everything.

It touches time. It touches priorities. It touches relationships. It touches money. It touches ambition. It touches hidden sin. It touches private compromise. It touches comfort. It touches the parts of us we have learned to keep away from the altar.

That is why the question still burns.

Are you ready?

Are you ready if the Lord begins drawing the lost in unusual ways? Are you ready if people start coming with hunger you did not create? Are you ready if services cannot be contained by normal expectations? Are you ready if your plans are interrupted by divine urgency? Are you ready if the presence of God begins to expose what religious activity has covered? Are you ready if the Holy Spirit asks for more than your attendance and begins asking for your availability? Are you ready if revival does not look convenient?

Because I believe what is coming will require more than enthusiasm. It will require yieldedness.

There is a difference between being excited about revival and being surrendered enough to carry it.

Excitement can fill a room for a night. Surrender can host the presence of God over time.

Excitement wants to be near the fire. Surrender allows the fire to burn through the hidden places.

Excitement says, “Lord, move.” Surrender says, “Lord, begin with me.”

And that is where revival must always begin.

It must begin in me before I preach it to anyone else. It must confront my own heart before I use it as a message. It must search my motives, my fears, my assumptions, my control, my unbelief, my weariness, and my willingness.

I cannot ask others if they are ready without allowing the Lord to ask me first.

And I believe He is still asking.

Not with condemnation. Not with accusation. Not with religious pressure. But with holy invitation.

“Are you ready?”

I believe the Spirit of God is sweeping over the earth in ways that are deeper than many realize. He is moving in hidden prayer rooms, in small churches, in villages, in cities, in nations, in families, in people who feel forgotten, in leaders who feel tired, in worshippers who have lost their song, in prodigals who do not yet know why they are restless, and in believers who have secretly cried, “Lord, I cannot continue with empty religion.”

The Spirit is not limited by geography.

He is not limited by the size of a congregation. He is not limited by the fame of a ministry. He is not limited by human strategy. He is not limited by what people think is possible.

When God decides to move on hearts, no man can contain Him.

That is one of the things I felt so strongly in that encounter. This would not be something man could control. The world could not contain it. Religious systems could not reduce it. Human pride could not own it. It would carry the freshness of the Spirit in a way that would make it clear that the source was God Himself.

And I believe part of this coming move will include fresh illumination from the Word of God.

Not new doctrine that contradicts Scripture. Not strange revelation detached from Christ. Not mystical confusion. But the Holy Spirit opening the eyes of the heart to see what has always been in the Word, yet has often been missed because of dullness, fear, tradition, or unbelief.

The mysteries and secrets of the Kingdom belong to those who walk closely with the King.

There are things in Scripture that cannot be truly understood by intellect alone. They must be illuminated by the Spirit. The letter can be read by the natural mind, but revelation comes when the Holy Spirit breathes upon the Word and causes the heart to see.

I believe the dull of hearing will hear again. I believe the short-sighted will see again. I believe those who have lived under spiritual fog will begin to discern with clarity. I believe hidden treasures in the Word will become living bread to hungry hearts. I believe the Lord will restore spiritual appetite where disappointment has made people numb.

But again, the key is hunger.

Not talent. Not platform. Not personality. Not religious history. Hunger.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.

That promise still stands.

The question is not whether God has enough to give. The question is whether we are hungry enough to receive what He desires to release.

Some people want enough of God to feel better, but not enough of God to be changed. Some want enough of the Spirit to be comforted, but not enough to be commissioned. Some want enough fire to feel alive again, but not enough fire to purify what is resisting Him.

But the Lord is raising a people who want Him more than they want control.

A people who will say yes before they know all the details. A people who will make room before they understand the full cost. A people who will lay down the practical panic and trust the sovereignty of God. A people who will steward wisely without trying to own what belongs to Him. A people who will not use revival language to build personal kingdoms. A people who will give Jesus the glory when the harvest comes.

And I believe the harvest is central to this.

The Lord’s question to me began with the lost.

“Now that I am moving on the hearts of the lost…”

That phrase has never left me.

Sometimes the church talks about revival only in terms of believers being refreshed. And yes, the church needs refreshing. The weary need strength. The dry bones need breath. The altar needs fire. The lampstand needs oil. But true revival does not end with the church feeling better.

It moves outward.

It reaches the lost. It touches the broken. It awakens prodigals. It confronts darkness. It draws sinners to the mercy of Jesus. It makes the cross central again. It brings conviction, repentance, mercy, healing, and transformation.

If we are asking for revival but have no burden for the lost, we may be asking for an experience more than an awakening.

The Holy Spirit does not come merely to entertain the saints. He comes to glorify Jesus and empower witness.

That means we must be ready for people.

Messy people. Broken people. Bound people. Confused people. Hurting people. People who do not know church language. People who have wounds, addictions, questions, fears, histories, and burdens.

If the Lord moves on the hearts of the lost, are we ready to love them? Are we ready to make room for them? Are we ready to disciple them? Are we ready to weep with them, pray with them, teach them, feed them, walk with them, and not merely count them as testimonies?

Revival will test the love of the church.

It will test whether we want crowds or sons and daughters. It will test whether we want meetings or transformation. It will test whether we want stories or stewardship. It will test whether we are willing to be inconvenienced by the very harvest we prayed for.

And yet, even with all of that, I believe the Lord is not asking us to carry this in fear.

He is asking us to carry it in rest.

That may sound contradictory, but it is not. The rest of God is not inactivity. It is obedience without striving. It is readiness without panic. It is surrender without anxiety. It is stewardship without ownership.

We prepare, but we do not manufacture. We pray, but we do not manipulate. We lead, but we do not control. We serve, but we do not pretend the move belongs to us.

The Lord knows how to provide for what He initiates.

If He moves on hearts, He can provide servants. If He sends the hungry, He can provide wisdom. If He releases the river, He can deepen the banks. If He brings harvest, He can raise laborers. If He opens the heavens, He can teach us how to stand beneath what He pours out.

That does not remove our responsibility. It removes our fear.

So I return to the question.

Are you ready?

Not ready in the sense that you have everything figured out. None of us do.

Not ready in the sense that your plans are perfect. They never will be.

Not ready in the sense that you feel qualified. The truly surrendered rarely feel self-sufficient.

But ready in the sense that your yes belongs to God.

Ready to be interrupted. Ready to be purified. Ready to be stretched. Ready to be humbled. Ready to be used. Ready to make room. Ready to surrender the crumbs and give Him the whole life. Ready to say, “Lord, if You are moving, I do not want to be found protecting my comfort while heaven is calling.”

I believe the Lord is removing restrictions from surrendered hearts.

Restrictions of fear. Restrictions of unbelief. Restrictions of religious routine. Restrictions of disappointment. Restrictions of old wineskins. Restrictions of small thinking. Restrictions of self-protection. Restrictions of spiritual dullness.

And I believe His manifested presence will take hungry people into a new realm of His glory.

Not for spectacle. Not for fame. Not for spiritual entertainment. But for Jesus. For the harvest. For the bride. For the nations. For the glory of the Father.

I still believe this is forthcoming.

I still believe the question is alive.

I still believe the Spirit of God is moving over hearts even now.

And I still believe the Lord is asking His people:

Are you ready?

So my prayer is simple.

Lord, make us ready.

Not by human striving, but by surrender. Not by religious performance, but by hunger. Not by fear, but by holy rest. Not by control, but by yieldedness. Not by ambition, but by love.

Move on the hearts of the lost. Awaken the church. Pour out Your Spirit. Open our eyes. Open our ears. Open our hearts. Prepare us for the harvest. Teach us to steward Your presence. Teach us to carry Your fire. Teach us to rest in what only You can do.

And when the river begins to rise, may we not stand on the bank analyzing what we prayed for.

May we step in.

May we surrender.

May we say yes.

Because the question remains.

Are you ready!!

Peter Nash

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