One reason we avoid the zeal that was shown on Palm Sunday is; we are underestimating the vast extent of our city's spiritual problems. If we focus only on our holy huddles, we don't see how unchurched our area is. Lostness abounds in Springfield. At least two-thirds of the people in our county are not in church on a given Sunday.
Springfieldians generally don't hate the Gospel. They just don't care to hear it. They have, like people elsewhere in the Bible Belt, just enough religion to be dangerous. They suffer from repentance immunity due to religious inoculation.
Doses of religion in the past are making it harder for unbelievers to absorb it now. Something extraordinary is needed to shake them from their spiritual stupor. That "something extraordinary" is a mighty work of God in us believers.
Sadly, being catalysts for shaking our city is often the last thing we believers want to do. We expect no power in prayer, and seem to fear the title fanatic. You who love calm or dull, worry not. There's little danger of our shaking Springfield.
We need Heaven-sent help, a mighty touch from God. If we are not praying for revival, we're playing. Our task is to stay faithful, keep our hands to the plow, and pray without ceasing for God to touch Earth. The Holy Spirit is our only hope.
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