Call it revival, call it a “fresh outpouring,” call it a new move of God… 

What we generally want these days is the benefits of that move without the costs of that move. 

In the stories of Hezekiah and Josiah, the costs of a move of God aren’t just in prayer. If it was time in prayer, we would think about it… maybe.

It’s the cost in getting rid of the junk. The effort it takes to shovel out all the garbage in our lives to clear the way to hear the voice of God again is massive. And it’s only accelerating. The amount of junk available today to pile into my life is far greater than the amount of junk available in my parents’ day when they would seek the Lord. There’s just more junk floating around! We have more distractions. We can’t turn things off! 

We want another move of God if we’re lucky enough to get one without much effort. But if we have to haul junk… we’re a bit more hesitant.