Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola write in Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ,
“Every revival and restoration in the church has been a rediscovery of some aspect of Christ in the process of answering this critical question. In fact, three features are present in every awakening in the history of the Christian church: (1) a rediscovery of the “living Word,” or the Scriptures and its authority; (2) a rediscovery of the living Christ and His supremacy; and (3) a rediscovery of the living Spirit and the Spirit’s gifts and power to manifest Christ in the context of that culture. God has a history of taking seriously people who take the eternal Word seriously.”
People, inside and outside of the church, have opinions about what is needed to change or correct the world. It is clear that whether the world likes it, acknowledges it, or not it needs Christ.
We cannot blame the world for not finding him when the Christ followers (disciples) of this day, of our culture, have been commissioned to display his glory to the world they inhabit.
““You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.”
In the meantime the church keeps praying for revival—surely a good thing to pray for— whilst failing to focus on him. We need to see majesty and glory, we need to see light in his light. Only then will we display his greatness in our world.