Instalment #3 - FIRE
Fire is mentioned several...many times through out scripture.
Fire consumes
Fire was called down to consume the sacrifice of Elijah and show that his is the one true God unlike the idol that was being worshipped.
📖 Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. 1 kings 18:38
Fire leads....God directs
📖 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Exodus 13:21
Holy Spirit came with a flame.
📖 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.
They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Acts 2:3-4
It can contain God...as in the burning bush that was not consumed...God spoke in the fire.
📖 So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” Exodus 3:3-4
The Lord was again in the fire when speaking to Moses
📖 Then the Lord spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice. He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. Deuteronomy 4:22-13
But the Lord was NOT in the fire for Elijah????
📖 Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 Kings 19:11-13
Should that confuse us?
I don't think so...to me it says that we should look for and listen for God in all things. All around us, like the wind!
Sometimes it is not hard to miss
📖 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. Acts 2:2
Sometimes we need to be consumed by the fire first to then hear what is meant for us.
📖 And after the fire came a gentle whisper. When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. Then a voice said to him, “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 1 Kings 19:12-13
I know I want His fire in my soul
🔥to burn away anything that has become an idol. Burn away anything that gets in the way of me hearing His voice.
🔥Burn brightly with Godly wisdom and direction even in my darkest times.
🔥Burn hot within my soul so that I can not remain silent or complacent.
📖 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” Hebrews 12:28-29
📖 Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently Exodus 19:18
Lord, descend on me today with Your consuming fire!🔥
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