WEARINESS AND DIVISION ARE HOLDING BACK OUR NATIONAL AWAKENING.
We have all the elements of an awakening—but not the awakening itself. Christian rallies flood universities. Beach baptisms hark back to the Jesus movement. Churches report sudden growth, and faith based movies outdo secular films.
As a result, news of spiritual breakthroughs pop up all the time. And just as quickly they fade. Everywhere, they light the fuse, but it never reaches the dynamite.
Don’t get me wrong! I am deeply grateful for any breakthrough. But let’s not fool ourselves. Many claims of revival don’t hold up when examined against historic revivals.
The fact is that past awakenings overflowed the walls of denominations, institutions, and culture. They changed laws and even transformed the atmosphere of cities.
Let’s face it. We should be in a revival—but we are not. Why not?
So, what is the deal? It isn’t as if we aren’t praying. Prayer groups have been spreading for years. It’s not that we aren’t preaching repentance. Repentance continues to be a growing theme on social media.
On top of everything, our nation is ripe for revival. Wokeness has collapsed and left a huge void. A highly flammable void that is perfect for revival fire. Something just isn’t making sense.
Let’s face it. We should be in a revival—but we are not. Why not?
The answer is quite simple. The American church is weary and divided. We are weary and drained. And we are too divided to build the kind of consensus (army) that could take the nation by storm.
So, what is behind this weariness and division? The answer is defeatism.
Here is how Webster defines defeatism: ‘an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat.’
In the same way, Satan wearies and divides the American church.
In fact, defeatism is what the globalists use to divide and conquer nations. Wokeness achieves this by destroying hope through guilt and shame.
A divided and guilt ridden and morally paralyzed society is easier to govern. Shatter its traditions. Drown it in imported ideologies. And define its language. And turn its people against themselves.
And what do you get but a population too confused to resist and too fragmented to unite. The long game is Divide, Demoralize, and Replace.
In the same way, Satan wearies and divides the American church. A thousand voices on social media compete for our attention. They try to stir us. We are drained by predictions of disaster. We are disappointed by promises of great things that never happen. It is simple burnout.
Then there is division. For this the Devil has done a neat trick. He has divided the church into camps.
And by design, these camps are more tribal than anything else. The goal is not to get us to hate each other. It is simply to get us to have nothing to do with each other. And that is why it works…because it doesn’t look like division.
So, here are five popular Christian campsites:
The prosperity camp.
The prophetic camp.
The mega church camp.
The worship camp.
The heresy hunting camp.
Here’s the thing, each one of these camps contain truth. But that truth is neutralized because it does not join forces with the truth in other tribes.
Here is what Paul said about this: 1 Corinthians 12:20-22,
“But now indeed there are many members, yet one body. And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary.”
As a matter of fact, that is what we are saying! “I have no need of you!” That delusion is pure defeatism. In revival, the church fires on all pistons. Every gift is needed, working side by side with all the others.
But how does defeatism work in these camps? They build a focus on a single truth to the exclusion of others.
The prosperity gospel expresses defeatism by using faith for things that make no difference in the war for America’s soul. Subconsciously they say we can’t win the moral war so let’s win the financial war.
Here is the warning from Paul:
“If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil suspicions, useless wranglings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. From such withdraw yourself” (1 Timothy 6:3-5, NKJV).
Mega churches display defeatism by diluting scripture and adding entertainment. They do this because they do not believe the Gospel and the Holy Spirit can win against the modern mind.
Look at another warning from Paul,
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry” (2 Timothy 4:3-5, NKJV).
Heresy hunting podcasters express defeatism by giving up on a ministry that rightly divides the word of truth. When you are an unknown preacher—and you want to be known—harping on juicy details is a cheap way to do it.
But why do you want to be the National Enquirer? Again there is a warning from scripture.
“My brethren, let not many of you become teachers, knowing that we shall receive a stricter judgment” (James 3:1, NKJV).
The prophetic tribe demonstrates defeatism when they diminish the Bible in favor of private words from God.
Peter wrote, 2 Peter 1:20-21, “knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.”
Worship culture can express defeatism when they believe singing is enough to change the world. They twist this verse to exalt endless worship, John 12:32, “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
But that verse does not mean that if we exalt Jesus by endlessly singing repetitive choruses that it will win souls. The next verse explains: John 12:33, “This He said, signifying by what death He would die.”
Until God breaks down these camps, great events, breakthroughs and stirrings will continue to rise up, teasing us with the idea of revival and then fading away.
But wait, there is a greater hope. Right now it is a cloud the size of a man’s hand. But it holds the promise of torrential rain. Millions are sick of business as usual. Their prayers are getting dangerous.
Who are these people? A remnant with an insatiable hunger for the real thing. We can break down these walls. You, as part of this remnant, can break down these walls!
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