Here is today’s Bible reading:  Nehemiah 7:61-9:21; 1 Corinthians 9:1-18; Psalm 33:12-22; Proverbs 21:11-12.

Neh. 8:2-3 (NIV)
So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to understand. [3] He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.

Neh. 9:2-3 (NIV)
Those of Israelite descent had separated themselves from all foreigners. They stood in their places and confessed their sins and the wickedness of their fathers. [3] They stood where they were and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a quarter of the day, and spent another quarter in confession and in worshiping the Lord their God.

This is a beautiful picture of what true revival looks like:  people hungry for the Word of God, conviction of sin, and repentance.  The fact that we could not get away with reading aloud the Word of God for even a half hour in a worship service (let alone a quarter of the day), tells us something about our hearts and the fact that revival is yet to come.  Revival will come when our desire for God’s Word is greater than our need to be entertained.