Devotional thought from Socrates - on Revival???

I know, I know Socrates should have no place here,
but I recently heard a sermon illustration similar to this story
_____How bad do we really want revival_____

One day a dispassionate young man approached the Greek philosopher and casually said, 'O great Socrates, I come to you for knowledge.'
The philosopher took the young man down to the sea, waded in with him, and then dunked him under the water for thirty seconds. When he let the young man up for air, Socrates asked him to repeat what he wanted. 'Knowledge, O great one,' he sputtered.
Socrates put him under the water again, only this time a little longer.
After repeated dunkings and responses, the philosopher asked, 'What do you want?' The young man finally gasped, 'Air. I want air!' 'Good,' answered Socrates. 'Now, when you want knowledge as much as you wanted air, you shall have it.'

That's a good illustration. Goes along well with the featured sermon right now by Denny Kenaston on 'Real Revival'. God pours water upon those that are thirsty...that's our problem, we're not thirsty enough.

In that message brother Denny shares about the Hebrides revival and how those elders and deacons were stirred to prayer by those two older ladies. Those men prayed twice a week from 10pm to 4am for seven months! That's 12 hours of prayer every week, 48 hours a month, 336 hours of persistent prayer (if I have my figures all right!) by church leadership. They were so burdened because of the condition of their community, young people, etc! Such prayer doesn't go unnoticed by the Lord!

Is it possible to go without water so long that we don't realize our need for it? Perhaps not in the physical but I think it's possible in the spiritual realm to lose sight of what the Church of Jesus Christ should be like, to lose sight of the possibility of our communities crying out to God in great conviction of sin.

But is this a thirst that can be worked up? What do you think? Can we make ourselves so thirsty that we start desperately seeking for water?

Just some thoughts...