Wednesday, January 16, 2008

The Burning Heart

My heart has been burning lately. I have fallen on my face before my God pleading for His grace and guidance in my life on what to do and where to go and in turn His has set me ablaze.

When we surrender and learn to abide in Him there is a fire kindled in us. It is with each bad day, difficult circumstance, and hell around us that will blow in and put it out UNLESS we make the choice to reside in Him. When that happens that wind ushers in a consuming fire and the enemy has no ground. The victory has already been won, am I NOT going to let the adversary claim what is not his.

“Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name. YOU ARE MINE. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flam scorch you. For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior.”- Isaiah 32:1-3

We are His and when we acknowledge and declare that, we cannot be defeated.

In that verse it talks about fire as a negative thing but I’m talking about fire in the sense of passion and desire for righteousness. I am realizing that with the fire comes vision and purpose. It gives me a reason ‘why’ and the strength to press through. He lights us up so that we don’t become discouraged or complacent. How often have you let your emotions overrun you? I know I’ve been guilty more than once! Many times its not because of sin necessarily but of ignorance of our human nature. That is why it is SO important to educate ourselves with the Law of God.

“If it be an emotion kindled by the Spirit of God and you do not let that emotion have its right issue in your life, it will react on a lower level. The higher the emotion is, the deeper the degradation will be, if it is not worked out on its proper level. If the Spirit of God has stirred you, make as many things inevitable as possible, let the consequences be what they will. We cannot stay on the mount of transfiguration, but we must obey the light we receive there, we must act it out. When God gives a vision, transact business on that line, not matter what it costs.”-Oswald Chambers

What kind of fire is consuming you? Are you surrendering to the Law of God or being attacked with the adversary’s tactics? Are you going to yield under pressure or have the tenacity to fight through and claim the victory that your Father has already won for you? It’s not something to be taken lightly; it’s a matter of life and death.

“We cannot kindle when we will
The fire which in the heart resides,
The spirit bloweth and is still,
In mysery our soul abides;
But tasks in hour of insight will’d
Can be through hours of gloom fulfill’d.”

1 comments:

Morgan said...

you should write devotional books...:)