“Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.’
DAILY READING – – Luke 5:1-26; Ezekiel 48; Isaiah 66
Medically, a healthy, safe body temperature has a very narrow window – between 37°C and 37.8°C. If your body temperature goes lower by just 3 degrees, to 35°C, you might experience hypothermia, which can cause cardiac arrest, stroke, or even death. The body must therefore maintain a safe temperature so as to remain healthy.
In the same way you cannot afford to allow Your spiritual temperature to grow cold. If you lose your fire, spiritual coldness will set in and you find yourself losing interest in the things of God. And it is only a matter of time before sin and iniquity takes over.
Mathew 24:12 says ‘And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.’
Truly in the world today iniquity is abounding. Spiritually, the world is in a cold climate. Evil and perversion such as; same sex marriage, bestiality, homosexuality etc, are fast becoming the norm in many nations.. And for anyone to survive this spreading spiritual coldness, fire is a necessity. To be spiritually cold or lukewarm in this end-time is indeed dangerous.
In Revelations 3:15-16 Jesus says ‘So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.’
Indeed we must keep our fire burning. God’s will is for us to always be blazing hot in the spirit. Psalm 104:4 says ‘He makes his messengers winds, and his ministers a flaming fire’. We are destined to be the light of the world, a city set on an hill that cannot be hid. This is God’s agenda for the end-time church. And one of the ways to keep our fire burning is through in-depth study of God’s Word and a strong prayer life.
The truth is that though some people go to church, they no longer feel any zeal in their relationship with God. If perhaps, you sense you are losing your fire, you need to get to the alter of prayer, there is always fire on the alter. According to Leviticus 6:13 – “Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.”
The Holy Spirit is referred to in Isaiah 4, “as a spirit of burning’. And when His fire begins to burn in you, it guarantees you audacity and authority. You will operate with boldness and dominate your environment by God’s Power. Indeed when you constantly carry the fire of The Spirit , you will be too hot for any devil to handle.
PRAYER; Father, please destroy every spiritual coldness in me and set me on fire by Your Spirit. Empower me to be an agent of change in my generation. Let Your light so shine through me that men will be drawn into Your kingdom in Jesus Name.
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The study of The Word will keep shame and disgrace far from you. – WORDBITE 222.