The Fire of God

Monday 14 November
READ: I Kgs. 18: 38
MORE LESSON: Psa. 97: 1 - 9

There is a God that answers by fire. It is this same God that sent fire from Heaven on the altar that His servant built on Mount Carmel. He Himself is the consuming fire (Heb. 12: 29). When Elijah called on God to send fire from Heaven, he asked that four large jars of water be poured on the altar three times. This fire of the Lord burned the sacrifice, the water, the wood and all the altar. Ordinarily, 12 jars of water poured on a sacrifice would have prevented fire from burning. But the wonder working God made water to burn like fuel. 1 King 18: 38 says that the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. How much more also your enemies? Water naturally would have prevented fire from burning but God's fire burnt water. Whatever wants to prevent your destiny from working, the fire of God burns it up today.
The fire of God burnt stones! Stones are hard but no matter how hard that situation of your life might be, the fire of the Lord will handle it. May be that situation has been difficult and unyielding despite all that you have done, then it is time for you to send the fire of God to it. All problems that constitute a mountain in your life will be burnt down by God's fire. The fire of God is a multi-action agent; it even burnt dust. Dust makes people dirty and brings shame and reproach. When a man dresses well and falls down and becomes dusty, he feels ashamed. The fire of God can burn everything that causes shame and reproach in your life. The fire of God will mess up everything that is messing you up. Whatever makes people to ask where your God is, will be visited by fire today. When the fire of God fell, it also consumed wood. Wood is supposed to assist the burning of fire but on Mount Carmel, the wood was helpless because there was no fire. The prophets of baal had wood but it didn't help the situation as there was no fire.
Only after the fire of God fell that the wood burnt as it was supposed to. There are things and people that are around you and are supposed to help you but are not, don't fight them or get angry with them. It is because fire has not fallen from Heaven, when the fire of God falls, they will respond to you hastily.
The answer to life's problem is in calling on the God of fire. Today God will send His fire into your situation and turn things around.

Prayer/Action
* Lord, let Your fire fall upon me to rekindle my love and zeal for You, in Jesus’ name.
* I command the fire of God to fall and consume every unpleasant situation in my life, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY'S PROPHETIC PRAYER
I prophesy, my tomorrow shall be better, greater and more glorious than my today, in the name of Jesus.