The Spark of Awakening: Revival, Not Revolution

Why Street Protests Fade, But The Spirit Of God Reshapes Nations

I believe we are seeing the beginning of America’s fifth great spiritual awakening. History tells us that when our nation has grown cold, when darkness has crept into the public square, and when the gospel has been pushed aside for the idols of the age, God has moved with power. From the preaching of Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield to the camp meetings that swept the frontier, and to the revivals of D.L. Moody and Billy Graham, awakenings have come when we least deserved them and most needed them.

Charlie Kirk’s assassination was a spark. It was an act meant to silence. Yet what has followed has not been silence but a rising cry. Not only for justice, but also for something deeper. For a return. For a reawakening. Revival, not just revolt. 

If this national grief is to mean anything, it must be harnessed as a spiritual awakening. Not riots, not rage, but prayer. Prayer gatherings. National repentance. Churches rising boldly once again. For it is revival, not revolution, that has always shaped nations most deeply. Street protests burn hot and fade, but the Spirit of God endures.

We must be cautious, however. Nationalism fused with Christianity can be dangerous if it becomes about pride or power. But when tempered by humility before God, when kept Christ-centered rather than self-centered, love for country can find its rightful place. The challenge is to lift the cross higher than the flag—yet never to be ashamed of either.

And there is this: language reclaimed. For too long, conservatives and Christians have been shamed into silence, apologizing for words like patriot, family, man, woman, nation. To speak these words without shame is to step into the light of Christ, no longer bending to the lies that surround us.

I believe we stand at the edge of something only He can bring. Not born of politics or movements, but of Jesus Himself. My prayer is that this grief becomes a seed in His hands, breaking open into awakening.

 That pulpits once again thunder with gospel truth. That the name of Jesus rises higher than any agenda. That this nation bows in repentance and rises in faith.

This is my calling as a writer, as a writer of words. Not to chase outcomes or to build a name, but to be a vessel for Christ and His harvest. The Lord alone brings revival. We are only called to cry out for it, live in it, and proclaim it.

May God grant America not only comfort in her grief, but also repentance in her pride, renewal in her despair, and revival for her future.