OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONALS 6TH AUGUST 2020
HOW HOT IS YOUR FIRE?
Memorise:
So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee Out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16
Read: Revelation 3:2-6 J
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 1-3
Hymn 26: Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus
Prayer Point: Father, please help my fire burn bright always and never go down, in the mighty name of Jesus.
There are three possibilities with your fire. It could be burning bright, burning low or completely out. If the fire is burning bright, be careful. 1 Peter 5:8 says “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”
1 Corinthians 10:12 says: “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.”
When fire is burning bright, demons take note of it and are watching closely. Since they cannot touch the fire, they await a time when it will burn out, so they can pounce on the fellow. Make sure you stay connected to God John 15:5).
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If the fire is burning low – you still go to Church, still look and talk like a Christian, but inside, you know you are not as close to God as you used to be, that is being lukewarm. Being lukewarm is dangerous (Revelation 3:15-16). Revelation 2:5 is a great warning: “Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.”
Cry to God for a fresh baptism of fire if you have become lukewarm. On the other hand, if your fire is completely out – if you have gone back to the filth of your past and are now doing those things which are completely against the Word of God, know that though you have drifted far, God has not rejected you. The fact that you are still alive means He is still interested in having you back. Ezekiel 37:1-10 makes it clear that dry bones can live again. In Jonn 21:15-19, Peter missed it by going back to being a fisherman, but Jesus came to meet him there and restored his destiny. Peter’s repentance was genuine; he wept bitterly and was restored. You too can be restored if you cry genuinely to God.
May your fire always burn bright and never go out in the mighty name of Jesus.