Ignition part 3
I like to think that the fire that Jesus ignited in our hearts is unstoppable. And, in the big, universal sense, it is. His government and His peace has no end. But, in the individual sense, this isn't always the case. There is so much more available to us than we seem to realize. So we rob ourselves of the gift we've been given because A. We don't know what we've got or B. We are trying to earn it. So while the truth is the truth whether you believe it or not... until it's true for YOU it won't manifest in your life. Let me say it like this: "Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it..." (Song of Solomon 8:7). But at the same time we are instructed to, "Quench not the Spirit" (1 Thessalonians 5:19). So while it CAN'T be quenched... WE can quench it. Jesus said it like this, "Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition..." (Mark 7:13). See, there's a more excellent way available. But unless we receive it it doesn't really do anything for us. We're waiting for God to do something when HE'S waiting for US to do something. He already did what He's going to do. We don't need a move of God. We need a revelation of Jesus. We don't need God to do something, we need to know what He did. And what He did was the cross. What He did was He finished the work. Watch this: Jesus said, "I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled!" (Luke 12:49 AMP). That kindling, that igntion, took place on the cross! And because of that there is Holy Ghost wildfire running wild over and through and in the earth! The God who IS a consuming fire burned away all the chaff and continues to burn with a white hot passion of love for us! And all we have to do is believe it. All we have to do is mix the ingrafted word with faith. All we have to do is NOT quench the Spirit. The Spirit is always speaking in a still, small voice. All we have to do is listen. All we have to do is let the Spirit lead us. And how does the Spirit lead us? By testifying of Jesus! By testifying of our true identity! Not by saying, "Do this or else." That's not how the Spirit leads. The Spirit leads by saying, "Daddy loves you." And out of the love everything else flows. Out of that love WE begin to do what we were created to do--which is to be loved and to love one another with that same love. We can stop trying to earn God's love when we know and believe that God loves us. And when we stop trying to earn the free gift of eternal life... then we can start living it! Living it by letting HIM live HIS abundant, eternal, everlasting, Resurrection Life in and through and as us! Don't quench the Spirit. Stop waiting for something that has already happened... to happen. The fire IS kindled. It's burning in our hearts right now. It's on the inside and it's coming out all by itself. Not a beast nature but a love nature! Not God doing something FOR us (He already did that) but God doing something IN us! And through us! And as us!