If you’ve ever found yourself crying out for more of God, more than routine, more than religious show, Apostle Jim Raley has a word for you: “God doesn’t show up to fit in. He shows up to take over.”
That line shook the room at Calvary Christian Center as Raley preached an unscripted message titled Divine Disruption. And it wasn’t just for those in the room, it was for anyone hungry for revival in their heart, home or church.
Raley admitted he had planned to start a new sermon series, but God redirected him. “The Lord supernaturally and divinely interrupted me and said, ‘This is not the time for that series.’” He obeyed: “This is the direction we’re going to go.”
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He preached from 2 Chronicles 5, where Solomon and Israel dedicated the temple, and the glory of God filled the house so fully the priests couldn’t even stand. “He’s not here for a piece or portion of our Sunday schedule. He’s after the whole house.”
That was the heartbeat of the message: God wants to completely disrupt what’s normal and expected in our lives.
“You can’t have a divine disruption and a holy visitation without a holy preparation,” Raley said. “These were not casual priests. These were not pacifying preachers. These were not lazy Levites. They were set apart. They were sanctified.”
He warned against compromise, calling believers back to holiness. “God cannot move in the midst of compromise,” he said. “The Hebrew word for sanctify is kadosh, to be purified, prepared for sacred use.”
Raley urged the Church to embrace its distinctiveness instead of blending in. “God has called you out, baby,” he said. “I have no desire to lead churches that just go through the motions.”
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Speaking to the younger generation, he declared: “Our children are coming in, in the mighty name of Jesus. Middle school students are going to get baptized in the Holy Ghost… the same Holy Ghost that Paul had.”
Unity, he explained, is vital for revival. “God doesn’t move in fullness where there’s division. He moves only where there’s unity. They weren’t in competition, they were in concert.”
He added, “They made one sound, one voice, one heartbeat, one direction.”
Raley emphasized that praise must come before the breakthrough. “The sound of revival comes before the substance of revival,” he said. “Praise has to get in your mouth before glory can get in your midst.”
“I came in here today with a premeditated praise,” he said. “I had made up in my mind that I was gonna praise the Lord.”
And then came the call to act: “You’re one praise away. One praise away from the season shifting. One praise away from the glory manifesting.”
But it’s not about hype. “The Bible said the priests could not perform. Performance died when the glory came.”
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He ended with a bold reminder: “When the church stops blending in, God will start breaking in.”
So maybe now is the time to let God interrupt our schedules, our comfort and our expectations. Because when He takes over, that’s when revival truly begins.
And if you’ve been praying for it, crying out for it, hungry for it, you might just be one praise away.
James Lasher is staff writer for Charisma Media.
