The Father's Menu
Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
THE FIRE OF GOD
“Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.”
Exodus 19:18
Main Text: Main Text: Exodus 24:17
The fire of God is the burning passion which exists in the hearts of those who are committed to serving God. This fire creates an appetite for righteousness. Fire produces love, reverence, and passion for God. Fire is found in the fervor and intensity of worship. Fire falls when God’s children yearn to be consumed with a divine adoration for God. It creates a craving hunger for God Himself.
The lack of fire is proof of a weak spiritual life, God desires a relationship with us, and the end product of that relationship is the spark of fire in our lives, we are expected to burn for Jesus in this world. Jesus was a fire carrier, he said in John 9:5 “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” We are expected to model after the Lord; therefore, it is important we burn just as Jesus did.
God’s fire drives the preacher to preach. God’s fire forces the teacher to teach. God’s fire compels the evangelist to evangelize. Fire gives birth to an obsessive enthusiasm for winning the lost. God’s fire sustains the soul when trials and tests come your way. God’s fire enables the Christian to live a holy life.
Prayer:
Father in the name of Jesus, I yield myself to you, I want to burn for you.
Further Reading:
Acts 2:3-4 “They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”
2 Kings 1:10-14 “Elijah answered the captain, “If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men. At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, “Man of God, this is what the king says, ‘Come down at once!’ ” “If I am a man of God,” Elijah replied, “may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!” Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men. So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. “Man of God,” he begged, “please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!”
Read through the bible in 1 year: Ezekiel 29:1-30:26 Hebrews 11:32-12:13 Psalm 112:1-10 Proverbs 27:17
Read through the bible in 2 years: Eccl 4 & Ps 132
