Proverbs 29:18 in the New King James Version states: "Where there is no revelation the people cast off restraint." 

We see that happening now. Let me put it in a societal context; the church is not providing revelation of the word of God to the people who desperately need to hear it. Restraint is being cast off all around us. It doesn't look good. The moral compass is spinning wildly, with no true north to provide the reference point or give direction.

Some of the worst news I've had for a while was received in an email this week. The Methodist church (building) in England, where my son (now 28) was dedicated as a baby, where we learned about the Holy Spirit, where we were discipled in the Lord and where we made friends who remain, even across an ocean,  firm friends to this day - that church, - yes, OK, its just a building, but that church - is going to become a mosque. I think of  this situation like this: Whereas Hitler couldn't do it with the Blitz, England is being bombed into defeat in order to become a radically altered state. It was never going to be a Nazi country. That just was not going to happen. Could it become an Islamic state? Englandistan? Well, there is little restraint at the moment.

Its not only there that the church is on the run. Where I live, too, the church is struggling. We seem to have lost our voice. We have the message, the Words of Life, but who is standing up and speaking? Where is the prophetic voice of the church today? Where is the revelation of the Word and the Will of God? 

That word 'revelation' in Proverbs, according to my handy notes, speaks of "revelatory vision. A word from God." If you've ever heard a word from God which spoke to you directly you will know the way it can impart life and motivation, faith and vision. One little piece of such Manna can sustain for more than just a day, yet there is an ample supply available. How many scriptures speak of the giving of God's word? I can think easily of a few: "Surely the Lord does nothing without revealing it to His servants the prophets." "I will write my word on their hearts...." "My sheep hear my voice."

We just have to pour it out. Stay close to God with intent. Clean the filter with repentance. Prime the pump with worship. Let the Word come out as the Revelation of God. Even if you feel like a voice in the wilderness, you, child of God, are called to be a voice of revelation to those who are saved and to those who are perishing.