“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight’” (Matthew 3:2-3, ESV).

John the Baptist was sent to prepare the way of the Lord, to make His paths straight. He did that by preaching, “Repent!” The kingdom of heaven is at hand today. The cry is still the same in order to prepare the way for the Lord. Repent.

Repentance is what brings revival, on a large scale, and on a small scale. If you are feeling a lack of life in your walk with Christ, in your prayer, in your Bible reading, you need reviving. You need to come alive again in your spiritual life. You get there by repentance. Confess whatever comes to mind and ask God to bring to mind what needs confessing. It doesn’t have to be big, bad things. The longer you walk in holiness with Christ, the more and more the little things will be the big things that you need to confess. You are being sanctified, being made holy.

We don’t stand still. There is no “good enough” in Christ. If we decide we’re “good enough,” we plateau and things turn stale and we need reviving. God’s showing you something new that He is calling you to walk in. You need to repent and go His way. It will bring life to your bones, to your mind, to your spirit. It will bring rejoicing. It will bring new struggles! But it’s all in God’s goodness of bringing you fully into His kingdom.