Never Let Your Fire Go Out

I have been reading lately about the instruction of the tabernacle in the wilderness; specifically the altar of sacrifice.  Explicit instructions were given about every detail of construction and maintenance of the temple; from the materials used, to how and who took care of it. Every detail. Our Heavenly Father left nothing out.

It says in Leviticus 6:12-13 NLT-“12 Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out.  Each morning the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it.  He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.  13 Remember, the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times. It must never go out.”

Wow. This has resonated inside of me.  Two things just grabbed a hold of my spirit. 

1)    Our fire must never go out.  As the physical fire in the temple could not go out, our spiritual fire cannot go out.  Because of Christ, We are the temple of God and our fire (passion) can never go out, never reduced to a smolder. We cannot lose sight nor the reason of our passion.  Oh how I pray you feel this like I do. Now, no one can ever tell us that we are too excited about Christ.  There isn’t anything that is more important to me ahead of my family than my relationship with the Father.  And I must stay passionate about Him!!

The other part of this instruction was this:

2)   “Every morning the priest is to add fresh wood to the fire…”

Now, the priest was to add wood every morning: Who is our priest and what was His example to us?  Jesus is not only referred to as our High Priest, but He also was our example.  Follow me, I’ll show you.

Mark 1:35 NIV says: Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed…….

If the priests were instructed to “daily” add wood to the flame, and Jesus Himself got up early to pray, then we as the temple ought to do what? [Insert grin] Fuel the flame of the passion inside of us for God, by communing with Him as we begin our day!  Now I realize that life is hectic, and even if you are like me, there maybe more time in some other part of the day to spend time with God, But what a difference a few moments make in the presence of the Father at the beginning of our day!

Our days are to be lived in victory, even the days that seem to be tough, our peace and hope rests in Christ, and we are safe under the shadow of the Almighty. (Ps 91:1)

If there is one thing that I am sure of, it’s that when something is really important for us to understand or remember, God has it placed in the Bible multiple times for us to read. And He repeated multiple times that the fire was not to go out.  And we cannot afford to let our “fire” to go out”!!

So, I challenge you to spend some time with the Father. He is waiting for you, and He loves you. 

Dear Heavenly Father,

I praise and thank you for being passionate about us that you made provision and a plan for each of us.  You knew us be before we were born.  This is no one like You, Thank you for Your amazing love!  Stir up the passion and fire for You in each soul today.  Have your way, Your Kingdom come and your purpose fulfilled in the land and territories of you



Blessings Friend, Have a great day!!!