Leviticus 6:13  “the Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.’

DAILY READING – – Romans 5; 1 Samuel 14; Psalm 59

On December 11, 2013 CNN reported that a family  who went for a weekend outing in the snow, in the back country of northwestern Nevada, soon found that their adventure had turned into a fight for survival. While driving along in the snow, their jeep had accidentally turned over, and slid down an embankment until it ended up in a crevice 15 miles from their town. It was an desperate situation because they were trapped in the crevice.  They couldn’t get out and had to wait and pray that rescuers would find them. Understandably, they were alarmed, because they had no blankets to keep warm in the cold snowy environment. Also they had no extra food and water. When dawn broke the following day to a temperature of 21°C below zero, the situation for the family of two adults and four children looked quite bleak. However, instead of panicking the parents began to think of a way to survive the cold. In order to keep everyone warm, they started a fire outside. Then they heated stones and placed them in the spare tire to keep the children, ages 3 to 10, warm at night.

Meanwhile noticing their disappearance, relatives made a report at the sheriff’s office. Thus an intensive search was embarked upon for this family. Fortunately, rescuers did find them about 48 hours after the ordeal began. The family was found safe and it was indeed remarkable, that they had no frostbite, This was chiefly attributed to their ability to start and maintain a fire that kept them warm. By keeping the fire burning, the parents were able to keep themselves and their children alive in the cold despite being 48 hours in subzero temperatures.

Indeed to survive in a cold environment, a person must strive to keep warm. Medically, a healthy, safe body temperature has a very narrow window – between 37°C and 37.8°C.  If the body temperature goes lower by just 3 degrees, to 35°C, the person might experience hypothermia, which can cause cardiac arrest, stroke, or even death. Therefore to remain healthy in a cold environment a person must therefore strive to keep warm by keeping the body heated.

In the same way spiritually we must strive to keep warm and maintain our fire. Spiritually, the world is in a cold climate. and iniquity seems to be abounding.

Mathew 24:12 says ‘And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.’

Indeed evil and iniquity are on the increase in the world. Perversions 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. You must maintain your spiritual fire so as not to be overcome by the increasing coldness. Indeed in this end-times, fire is a necessity for every believer. God’s will is for us to be blazing hot in the spirit. Psalm 104:4 says ‘He makes his messengers winds, and his ministers a flaming fire’. Indeed we are to keep our fire burning bright. In the midst of the gross darkness covering the world, the glory of The Lord is to be seen upon us. We are 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. Therefore 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.’

we must make a definite choice to be either hot or cold. We must choose whom we will serve. We can no longer afford to live a life of compromise. We can no longer afford to play games. Indeed it has become too dangerous at this time because judgement will begin  in the house of God. Therefore it is time to put our house in order. It is time for anyone that names the Name of The Lord to depart from iniquity. We must make  a definite stand for righteousness and holiness. We must keep our fire burning bright through in-depth study of God’s Word and a strong prayer life.

According to Leviticus 6:13 – “Fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it shall not go out.”

There is a price of consecration to be paid for us to see the glory of God The Holy Spirit is referred to in Isaiah 4, as ”a spirit of burning’. We must therefore allow His fire to continually  go through us, to burn up every chaff. 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.