Revival has become a word used so casually in our generation — tagged onto events, attached to movements, and marketed to crowds. But if we strip it down to the core, if we look at revival through the lens of eternity and the eyes of Jesus, there is one word that defines it:

Souls.

"For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." – Luke 19:10

Real revival isn’t about emotional moments. It’s not about goosebumps or gatherings. It’s about the lost being found, the blind receiving sight, the dead coming to life.

The essence of revival is salvation. It’s people being reconciled to God. It’s heaven celebrating as hell loses its grip. It’s Jesus getting what He paid for.

I’ve seen moves of God. I’ve been in rooms where the glory was thick, where people were laid out under the power of the Holy Spirit — and all of it was beautiful. But what makes it holy is when those moments lead to transformation. When a sinner weeps at the altar. When a young person throws away their addiction. When a father repents and comes home to his family. That’s revival.

Real revival looks like the cross being lifted high.

Not man. Not ministry. But Jesus — crucified, risen, and reigning. As Leonard Ravenhill said, “The only reason we don’t have revival is because we are willing to live without it.” But true revival begins when we become unwilling to live without seeing souls saved.

"And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." – Romans 10:13

There are thousands in our cities who have never truly heard the Gospel. That’s the urgency of revival. It’s not to fill pews — it’s to empty hell. It’s not to build platforms — it’s to build the Kingdom.

The revival that marked the Welsh hills and the Hebrides didn’t begin with stage lights — it began with tears and groaning for the lost. With intercession that shook foundations and yielded salvations that shook history.

I burn for that kind of move. Not a revival measured by hype, but by harvest. Not by crowds gathering, but by the broken repenting.

"Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation." – Mark 16:15

So what is real revival?

It’s Jesus lifted high. The Gospel preached. Souls saved. Cities shaken. Nations awakened. It’s the Church returning to the simplicity of the Gospel and the urgency of eternity.

That’s the revival I want to live in. That’s the revival I’ll die for.

Let us never settle for meetings without salvations. Let us never be content with fire that doesn’t produce fruit.

Souls are the reward of revival.

May we labor, burn, and preach until the Lamb receives the full reward of His suffering.