Ablaze for God

Psalms 39:3 (KJV)
My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue.

It is God’s desire that the fire on the altar of our hearts keep burning (see Lev. 6:12). There is a fire of the Spirit that is ignited in the heart of everyone that comes to the Lord Jesus. It is this fire that makes us passionate for the Lord and His work. Jesus ignites this fire in your heart as you present your body to Him as a sacrifice.

Dear friend, the world system was designed to quench that fire. The enemy wants to quench your fire. For some people, it’s already burning out. For some, what is left is smoking flax. So, how can you keep the fire burning? How can you keep your passion for the Lord aflame and hot as it was when you first came to Him?

Get the word of God into your heart. Read the word, memorize it, meditate and ponder on it, proclaim it over your life and environment daily. Even if you’re a smoking flax today, you don’t have to remain that way, Jesus will not quench you. Rather, just like the Psalmist, as you muse, the fire will burn. Give priority to the word of God and He will fan into flames the fire on the altar of your heart.

Prayer: o thou who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love,
In the main altar of my heart.
-Otuokon, Ubokudom.