A.W Tozer writes this in ‘The Pursuit of God’. Some things haven’t changed:
“In this hour of all-but-universal darkness one cheering gleam appears: within the fold of conservative Christianity there are to be found increasing numbers of persons whose religious lives are marked by a growing hunger after God Himself. They are eager for spiritual realities and will not be put off with words, nor will they be content with correct ‘interpretations’ of truth. They are athirst for God, and they will not be satisfied till they have drunk deep at the Fountain of Living Water. This is the only real harbinger of revival which I have been able to detect anywhere on the religious horizon.”
Any spiritual awakening or revival starts with a people who are hungry for God, seek him desperately, and are not content with anything less than knowing him personally and being satisfied in his presence.