Fires are precious. Some see the results as warmth and comfort, others see it as heat and irritating. Fires are also costly. They can do damage when they are not contained and can also leave scars from the burns. Fires are also beneficial because they take care of impurities, strengthen things being molded, and can bring out the gem under all of the dirt.
Things in the natural reflect things in the spiritual.
God starts the fire the day you become a Child of His. Let that sink in....so many times we talk about our fire going out, our spark not being sparked anymore etc. When God starts the fire, it never goes out. It may appear that the fire is growing cold, but that is a choice we have made. We let the enemy throw coals on it, turn the thermostat up or down, and or add the wet wood in the mix. When God starts the fire, the flame is eternal. You can pretend it's not there, but it's still burning one way or another. The enemy can only touch your fire when you make the choice to let him, but even then he can't take it away. What thoughts of discouragement, doubt, despair, condemnation are we allowing to be cold coals on our fires? What situations, circumstances, or people are we allowing to mess with the thermostat? What pity party, Eeyore mood has allowed wet wood on your flame? The enemy knows the weak spots in the fire, where the flame isn't as hot, how the wood is laid etc. God also knows the weak spots in the fire, and can shift the wood at any moment to strengthen the flame.
Your fire is one of the most precious thing you have. Protect it. Draw a line around it and cover the line with the blood. The enemy wants to put your fire out, because he knows that the fire is what will impact those around you. The fire is what will cause others to look within themselves at their own flames.
God started speaking last night from Sister Darlene Bishop's word on Prayer. I'll admit even with watching via Periscope every night and attending last night...the busyness of life had started to take it's toll on my fire. God is faithful. If we will get in the overflow of His anointing, He plants seeds we didn't even know we had asked for, He word takes root in the right atmosphere. He waters those already planted, and He sets a spark to the flame that you thought was about to die out. Prayer is the power source for changing lives. Prayer is what keeps the flame going when it seems to everyone else the fire should have already gone out. Not tapping into the power of prayer is like asking God to save you on a ship that is sinking yet refusing to get into the Lifeboat that is there. As His word says, we have not because we ask not.
Where is your fire at? Have the coals of life started to cool the flame? Has busyness become a way of life again, even though you promised yourself it wouldn't? Have you taken your focus off of the end of the race only to think about how you feel while running it? Sometimes we long for more, we hunger for that touch that only He can give, but our words never speak it. Life and Death are found in our words. What are we speaking about our lives that may is either turning our flame up or turning it down?
One last thing...You won't always get it right. Life gets in the way and you lose focus at times. Those times decrease as you get stronger, but there will be those moments when you have to crawl in His lap and tell Him You're sorry. I don't always get it right, I've learned that, grown from that, and refuse to let the enemy condemn me at those moments....but I always get up! After you have crawled in His lap, He's dried your tears and spoken life to those feelings of yours....don't keep crawling. Stand up and keep moving forward.
Have a blessed weekend readers!
~Melissa
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