09/18/17 SET MY SOUL AFIRE

09/18/17 SET MY SOUL AFIRE

HAVE YOU EVER...
Attended a concert, and then stayed a little longer because you could meet and talk to the members of the band?
Attended a sporting event, and after the game you hung out near the locker room exit, hoping to see your favorite players and possibly get them to sign a ball, or bat or shirt?
Attended a church event, and then approached the preacher or teacher or speaker, intending to greet them and have them sign your Bible?

BUT HAVE YOU EVER...
Experienced the presence of God so powerfully or personally during a service that you could not wait to get to the altar just to commune with God and surrender yourself anew, even if there is no altar call taking place?

OR HAVE YOU EVER...
Been so overwhelmed with love for an estranged lost loved one during a service that you melted before God and you humbly approached that person, in brokenness, trying to bridge the gap of separation that would one day result in eternal separation in hell?

It would be easy to blame the preacher for not bringing the fire, but the fact is, the personal encounter with God could take place regardless of the dynamics of the preacher. It is not the dynamics of the preacher that results in miraculous, humbling, compassion. It is the willingness and hunger within the parishioner that bursts into incendiary love and unrestrained reconciliation.

DON'T MAKE IT NEVER
If you don't believe this is reality, you are right. It is not and it will not be a reality in your life.

BUT IF YOU BELIEVE that God wants to do this in your life and you want to be an instrument of love, grace, mercy, humility and salvation, then one day, it might happen.

OH DEAR GOD, LET YOUR FIRE FALL ON ME.