I was deeply involved in the Fourth Great Awakening and did not even know it. Did the people of Boston, New York and Philadelphia realize it when the Lord stirred them up at the beginning of the First Great Awakening? I doubt it.
When Ben Franklin's heart was strangely warmed at a sermon by the most powerful speaker in the history of English preaching did he recognize its import in American history? I cannot imagine that he understood the historic significance of George Whitfield's rhetoric.
Were any of them together the time line of revival ---awakening that brought us the American Revolution? Did Jonathan Edwards see his place as a hero of freedom from the British throne? I do not think so.
I seriously doubt if any of them even heard of such a thing as a great Awakening. Despite the fact that we now look back on those days as special outpourings of the Spirit, it was just life to them. It probably was a very special thing without a special name.
The Fourth Awakening began with the Jesus Movement Revival and is now maturing into an Awakening in its fourth decade. How many of you were there for the birthing? How many of you saw the spiritual, economic and political significance for the future of the USA back then?
I did not. In fact, I never heard of the Third Great Awakening let alone considered we might be in the next one. But, according to the Nobel Prize Winning Economist and author, Robert Fogel, we are and I want to intentionally be in the middle of it.
Hang on to discover what we are doing to "Ride the Wave of God's Spirit!"
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