Romans 12:11 ‘Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;’
DAILY READING • Luke 13:1-17; Genesis 23; Psalm 16
Warm clothings are produced and sold by many fashion brands including Nike, Gucci, Adidas, Louis Vuitton, Cartier etc.
However, long before these companies began business, Eskimos had already perfected some of the world’s warmest clothing.
Parkas – a jacket with an attached hood that gives protection from cold and wind, are manufactured all over the world today using all sorts of modern materials. However, parkas were originally invented by Ancestral native Eskimo people.
Inventing warm clothing has been a way of life for the Eskimos. It is how they have survived and thrived in the world’s most challenging environment. The Eskimos live among the coldest regions on the earth. Their experiences from living in earth’s harshest regions, have made them among the world’s greatest experts in dealing with deep cold environments.
They wear traditional native clothing which are often warm and waterproof in extreme winter conditions. Most Eskimo clothing are made from animal furs, the same materials that keep animals warm in the far northern climate. Once warmly dressed, Eskimos can be out for days, unharmed, in temperatures far below zero, often accompanied by gales and blinding blizzards.
Indeed, warm clothing is a crucially important aspect of the Eskimos’ survival as they live in the world’s coldest regions.
Originally from creation, God intended that mankind be covered continually by His Spirit. In the garden of Eden, Adam and Eve were covered by God’s glory, this was why they could be naked and not be ashamed. As long as they were covered by the warmth and glory of the Spirit, they were shielded and protected.
It was when this covering departed, after they had sinned, that their suffering began.
Today as believers, it is again God’s plan that we be covered by His Spirit. It is through the covering of The Spirit, that we are protected from the evil in the world
Today, the world is a spiritually cold environment.
For believers, the key to surviving this spiritual polar climate of the world is by staying warmly covered by the Spirit of God.
Just like the Eskimos need warm clothing to survive their environment, spiritually we need the warm covering of the Spirit to survive in the spiritually cold world.
We need the Presence of the Spirit constantly surrounding us to keep the spiritual coldness in the world from sipping into our hearts and damaging our spiritual health..
To walk around in a cold climate without adequate covering is dangerous, it can result in breakdown of health or even death. Likewise, the fire of the Spirit around us, keeps us spiritually alive, revived and warm..
Romans 12:11 tells us to be “fervent in spirit..’
The Greek word for fervent, is ‘zeo’, which means “to boil with heat.”
We therefore need to stay on fire for God if we are to survive the evil and temptations in the world. When we are constantly generating heat in the spirit, through prayer and study of the Word, we become too hot for any devil to access.
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Matthew 24:12 tells us that in the end-times, because iniquity shall abound, many people’s love for God will wax cold.
We therefore need to constantly guard our hearts from growing cold towards the things of God by deliberately staying spiritually hot. This we do through a lifestyle of fasting, fervent prayers, study of God’s Word and intimate worship and fellowship with The Holy Spirit.
As we do these things, we will constantly dwell in the secret place of The most high and abide under the shadow of The Almighty, where we become inaccessible and untouchable to the world’s spiritually cold climate.
PRAYER: Lord, please help me to remain always spiritually fervent and on fire for You. I thank You Lord, for keeping me in Your secret place; surely under Your shadow I am completely protected from all harm in Jesus Name.
QUOTE
It is only when you can see God in the light of who He truly is that you can begin to walk in the overflow of His blessings. – WORDBITE 222.