Keep the Fire Ablaze
Read: Acts 2
If you can remember some of the lessons from your chemistry class, one of the first lessons was probably on the composition of fire. As a reminder, three elements are required to cause the chemical reaction to occur that we call fire. They are: oxygen, fuel and heat. If one of these components is missing…. there will be no fire.
Fire likes to spread, and when it touches ANYTHING it will attempt to engulf it. Fire will test whatever is in its path to measure the tangibility of its composure. If a fire is going to continue to burn and increase in intensely – it must maintain its fuel supply.
What about your inward fire? Sometimes, our spiritual fires have been ignited, but if we haven’t provided the adequate fuel line to feed our fires….. they burn themselves out. Are you snuffing out your flame? Is your flame struggling to stay lit? Has the sin of: disobedience, worry, ignorance or impatience caused there to be a break or a leak in your fuel line…and now the flame of your fire is just flickering instead of blazing?
When we have the fire of the Holy Ghost burning on the inside, He will; because of the complexity of His nature, possess the ability to perform a multi-faceted purpose. He will protect and defend; be an offensive as well as a defensive barrier and enable us with the ability to live a productive life. He will spread and ignite everything that is within us; and conform it to His likeness….if we permit Him to do so.
We must be more determined to keep our fire blazing that ever before. We are living in a time now when the “hearts of man are beginning to wax cold” (Matthew 24:12). Sadly to say - We are living in a time when even the Saints of God are living in fear, doubt and unbelief! This should not be! It is no longer acceptable to just have the “fire of the Holy Ghost. We are now living in the time where this fire must been kicked up a notch or two and begin to blaze! We now need a blaze within us that will cause every diabolical plan of the enemy to be of no effect on us, our families, our neighborhoods, our coworkers, etc.!
To maintain our spiritual fire, we must also supply Him with the three required substances. It is mandatory that we have: the oxygen (our submitted will); the fuel (supplying a proper spiritual diet) and the heat (continual line of communication with the Father).
So remember…..The Holy Spirit will assist us – but we must do our part. We must continue to fast, pray, consecrate, walk in obedience, and live a lifestyle that is acceptable to the Lord.
“For our God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:29
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