FEBRUARY 18 "DON'T LET THE FIRE GO OUT!"

  We can get very deep an analytic about all the requirements of the altar and rightly so, or we can completely ignore them, BUT there is even one that I can figure out, that speaks loud and clear and that is... "The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out." God ignited the fire and it was up to the people to now tend to that fire and it was their responsibility to keep the fire going and NEVER to let it go out? I wonder what would have happened if they had? This is obviously a foreshadowing of the Holy Spirit being born in us, Jesus said, "John has come to baptize with water but I will baptize in the Holy Ghost and FIRE! God will ignite the life of Christ in us by the Holy Spirit and we must keep the fire burning and never let it go out. The priests were to tend to the fire daily, add wood as needed and maintain the fire. God could have made it not only that he would supernaturally ignite the fire but also that it would be self perpetuated, but HE DID NOT! You maintain the fire daily! This is the main purpose behind this blog and the One Year Club, it is the maintaining of the fire, the tending to the fire daily and making sure it NEVER goes out. There have been days, weeks, months and years where my flame was flickering to nothing and I feared my flame going out and tended desperately to that flickering flame. In Isaiah, The Lord says, "a smoldering flask I will not put out". God will never be the one guilty of putting out our flame, if it goes out it is because we have not tended to it. So what happens if it does go out? I would not want to find out...will God re-ignite it? He may or he may not. I know people who used to have Faith in God, walk in his ways who no longer have faith nor believe anymore. It is better to make sure you follow God's command "NEVER" to let the flame go out, rather than be negligent and hope that God re-ignites it, do you really want to play with fire like that? (No pun intended). You know when your flame is flickering down to nothing and the slightest strong breeze (trial) that blows on you will snuff it out; get to work today, add wood, burn some fat, do what you need to do to get the flame up and running once again!"

We can get very deep an analytic about all the requirements of the altar and rightly so, or we can completely ignore them, BUT there is even one that I can figure out, that speaks loud and clear and that is... "The fire must be kept burning on the altar continuously; it must not go out." God ignited the fire and it was up to the people to now tend to that fire and it was their responsibility to keep the fire going and NEVER to let it go out? I wonder what would have happened if they had? This is obviously a foreshadowing of the Holy Spirit being born in us, Jesus said, "John has come to baptize with water but I will baptize in the Holy Ghost and FIRE! God will ignite the life of Christ in us by the Holy Spirit and we must keep the fire burning and never let it go out. The priests were to tend to the fire daily, add wood as needed and maintain the fire. God could have made it not only that he would supernaturally ignite the fire but also that it would be self perpetuated, but HE DID NOT! You maintain the fire daily! This is the main purpose behind this blog and the One Year Club, it is the maintaining of the fire, the tending to the fire daily and making sure it NEVER goes out. There have been days, weeks, months and years where my flame was flickering to nothing and I feared my flame going out and tended desperately to that flickering flame. In Isaiah, The Lord says, "a smoldering flask I will not put out". God will never be the one guilty of putting out our flame, if it goes out it is because we have not tended to it. So what happens if it does go out? I would not want to find out...will God re-ignite it? He may or he may not. I know people who used to have Faith in God, walk in his ways who no longer have faith nor believe anymore. It is better to make sure you follow God's command "NEVER" to let the flame go out, rather than be negligent and hope that God re-ignites it, do you really want to play with fire like that? (No pun intended). You know when your flame is flickering down to nothing and the slightest strong breeze (trial) that blows on you will snuff it out; get to work today, add wood, burn some fat, do what you need to do to get the flame up and running once again!"