How to Become an Agent of Revival: 7 Keys from Moses

Introduction: When God Is Looking for an Agent of Revival

There are seasons when the Spirit of God announces something new. A sound, a rain, a revival. But who will carry this movement forward? In his message preached at ICC Montreal, Pastor Mateta Landu (ICC Cergy) reminds us of a simple truth: when God wants to bring revival to a region, he always chooses a man or a woman. The question is not whether God is going to act. The question is whether you are going to be the vessel he is looking for.

This message draws on three biblical figures: Zacchaeus (Luke 19), Gideon (Judges 6), and above all Moses (Exodus 3 and 4). Through them, Pastor Mateta unpacks seven concrete keys to entering your mission and becoming an agent of the revival God wants to trigger around you.

Article Outline

1. What Is Impossible for Man Is Possible for God

The pastor opens his message with a powerful contrast drawn from Luke 18 and Luke 19. In Luke 18, a rich young man comes to see Jesus, but his attachment to his possessions keeps him from entering eternal life. The disciples worry: "Then who can be saved?" And Jesus answers: "What is impossible with man is possible with God" (Luke 18:27).

The demonstration comes right after, in Luke 19, with Zacchaeus. A despised tax collector, small in stature, who climbs a sycamore tree just to catch a glimpse of Jesus. And Jesus stops under that tree, calls him by name, and invites himself to his house. Zacchaeus is transformed. He pays back fourfold what he unjustly took. "Today salvation has come to this house" (Luke 19:9).

The lesson: maybe for you it seems impossible that your city could be touched by the gospel. Impossible that your family would ever come together one day to worship God. Impossible that your coworkers could be saved. What is impossible for man remains possible for God.

2. The Church, a Center of Life Where You Can Be Real

Before becoming an agent of revival, you first need to be restored. And this restoration happens in a specific atmosphere: that of a center of life. The pastor quotes 2 Samuel 7:10: "I will appoint a place for my people Israel and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and be disturbed no more." The church is that place.

But a center of life is not just a shelter. It is a place where you can be real. Where the brother behind the sharp suit has the right to weep. Where the sister in high heels can say she spent the night fasting and crying. The pastor insists: God gives you permission to be afraid. He gives you permission to be sad. Not so that you stay there, but so healing can begin right where the finger touches the wound.

3. Tearing Down Wrong Beliefs, as in Gideon's Case

Pastor Mateta then moves to Judges 6. The people of Israel are under Midianite oppression. Gideon is threshing wheat hidden in a winepress, that is how much fear crushes the region. And God comes to meet him: "The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor" (Judges 6:12).

Gideon protests: "My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house" (Judges 6:15). All his life he had heard that he was small. All his life, a voice had repeated that he would never succeed. And this belief holds him back.

Many of us carry the same verbal chains: "You are nothing," "your family is cursed," "you have made too many mistakes." Behind these words, there is an adversary. "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy" (John 10:10). God's first work is to break these wrong beliefs. Because a word of curse is broken by a word of blessing spoken by an authority who stands in the place of a father.

4. The Burning Bush: Finding What Draws You

Next comes the turning point of the message: Exodus 3. Moses is leading his father-in-law's flock in the wilderness. A man who missed his calling as a deliverer, who killed an Egyptian, who fled. He thinks his time has passed. And there, he sees a bush that burns without being consumed. "I will turn aside to see this great sight" (Exodus 3:3).

First key to entering your mission: what draws you? What burden weighs on you? There is a people waiting for you to be revealed. There are young people, families, coworkers, places your pastor cannot go but you can enter. Look for what stirs something in you. And if nothing draws you yet, get close to someone who already carries burdens and let it rub off on you.

5. Six More Keys from Moses to Fulfill Your Mission

Are you available? That's the second question. Pastor Mateta puts it simply: we all work a lot, but who can give at least one hour a week to meet someone, listen to them, pray with them? Availability is the beginning of service.

Who am I? Third key: identity. Moses asks: "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" (Exodus 3:11). You need to be able to answer: I am a child of the Most High God, raised up in this generation to make a difference. Without this awareness, you will fold under the first bit of pressure.

What is your picture of God? Fourth key. Moses asks for God's name (Exodus 3:13). Many walk around with a distorted image: a harsh God, like the one described by the one-talent servant in Matthew 25. But John 9 dismantles that reading: suffering is not always a punishment, it can be an opportunity to display what God is able to do. The pastor testifies to having discovered this year "the God who does far more abundantly than all we can ask or think."

What are your assets? Fifth key. God asks Moses: "What is that in your hand?" (Exodus 4:2). A simple staff. A talent that seems ordinary. Look at the widow in 2 Kings 4: she has "nothing" in her house except a jar of oil. That little nothing, given over to God, is enough to pay off her debts. Never say you have nothing.

Do you look at God or at your weaknesses? Sixth key. Moses answers: "I am slow of speech and of tongue" (Exodus 4:10). He looks at his limitation. God, for his part, looks at his calling. When God sends the rain, he also sends the anointing that comes with the rain. Like on Elijah who, under the anointing, ran twenty-seven kilometers and outran King Ahab's chariot.

Who has God placed on your path? Seventh key. Aaron comes to meet Moses (Exodus 4:14). Around you, God places four types of relationships: fathers and mothers to cover you, a mentor to stretch you further, peers to walk alongside you at your level, and spiritual children you reach out to lift up in turn.

Key Takeaways

• God never brings revival without using a man or a woman. Your presence in your region is not an accident.
• Before acting for God, you need to be restored by him. The church is a center of life where you have the right to be real.
• Wrong beliefs inherited from childhood or from your failures can block your calling. They are broken by a word of blessing received from a spiritual fatherly authority.
• The frustration you feel is not your enemy. It is often the sign that God is about to birth something new through you.
• Moses' seven questions (burden, availability, identity, picture of God, assets, focus, circle) form a concrete path into your mission.

Personal Application

1. What negative word keeps coming back into your head? Name it and bring it before God so he can break it.
2. Of Moses' seven keys, which one makes you most uncomfortable today? That's probably the one God wants to work on with you.
3. What burden, cause, or person draws you right now? Take the time to write down what moves you, without judging it.
4. Who in your spiritual circle fills the place of a father, a mentor, a peer, a spiritual child? Is there an empty spot to fill?
5. How much time per week can you free up, starting this week, to be available to someone God places in your path?

Verses Cited

• 2 Samuel 7:10
• 1 Peter 2:24-25
• Proverbs 16:9
• Luke 18:18-27
• Luke 19:1-10
• Judges 6:11-16
• John 10:10
• Isaiah 60:1-3
• Isaiah 43:19
• Isaiah 1:19
• Exodus 3:1-14
• Exodus 4:1-17
• 2 Kings 4:1-7
• Matthew 25:14-30
• John 9:1-3
• Hebrews 11:1

FAQ

What is an agent of revival according to this message?

An agent of revival is not a super-Christian with spectacular gifts. It is simply a man or a woman who accepts to let God restore them first, who lets God break the wrong beliefs within them, and then puts their time, their assets, and their relationships at God's disposal to carry the rain God wants to send over their region.

Why does the pastor place so much emphasis on wrong beliefs?

Because Gideon nearly missed his calling because of a single internalized phrase: "I am the least." Our deep beliefs shape our behavior far more than what we confess with our mouths. As long as these roots are not dug up, they neutralize the prophetic word and the potential for action that God has placed within us.

How do I recognize the burden God is calling me to carry?

The burden is often what stirs you when others look away. A category of people who especially move you. An injustice that makes you angry. A suffering that draws you toward those who go through it. Just as Moses turned aside toward the burning bush, the first step is to identify what, today, forces you to slow down and look.