A burning revolt of Faith arises when the devil’s attacks against the people of God produce feelings of righteous hatred.

If there is a faith-linked feeling that we all need to develop, it is revolt.

Revolt against the oppression of the people of God. This is when Faith burns; it is something that’s felt by all who truly live by Faith.

Abraham felt the revolt of Faith when he heard the news of his nephew Lot being taken captive.  He didn’t accept losing his nephew to pagan enemies when the LORD was his God.

Jacob’s revolt of Faith was no different when his father-in-law was attempting to deceive him.

Moses felt the revolt of Faith when he saw an Egyptian beating a Jew. His revolt of Faith in God drove him to attack and kill that man.

Joshua and Caleb felt the revolt of Faith when the other spies cowered before the armies of Canaan.

Gideon felt the revolt of Faith when the Midianites, Amalakites, and the people of the east invaded Israel and destroyed their crops.

And during the reign of Hezekiah it was no different. Sennacherib mocked the God of Israel when he said to Hezekiah the king:

Surely you must realize what I and the other kings of Assyria before me have done to all the people of the earth! Were any of the gods of those nations able to rescue their people from my power? Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me? 2 Chronicles 32:13,14

At some point, every hero of Faith has felt the humiliating mockery of misery, hunger, incurable disease, lack of opportunity, family or marriage problems and various other problems. But they turned the lemons of life into lemonade. They went to the Altar of God to claim the blessings that He Himself had promised in His Word.

Have His promises expired? Is He still the same?

Look at God’s response when Hezekiah put on sackcloth and humbled himself in before the Temple’s Altar:

“And this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem. They will not even shoot an arrow at it. They will not march outside its gates with their shields nor build banks of earth against its walls. The king will return to his own country by the same road on which he came. He will not enter this city, says the Lord. For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David, I will defend this city and protect it.’” 2 Kings 19:32-34 (NLT)