Born to Burn II

Sunday 3 September
READ: Lk. 3:16   
MORE LESSON: Jer. 20:9

Man is the only kind of being that God can become; he is the only creation that is in God's image and likeness at the same time. Jesus demonstrated that perfectly. Though the Word of God, he abandoned the everlasting glories of heaven and stepped down from eternity, into time. He suited in flesh from the dressing room of Mary's womb. John's Gospel puts it like this, And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us…. John 1:14. The implication of this truth is that man is the only being that can become like God. The Fire of God is the exclusive reserve of mankind; no other creature can partake in the fiery nature of God. That's a powerful truth.

We established yesterday that although by our fireless adamic nature we were doomed to fail, now we see through the eyes of John the Baptist, that God, the  Flaming Fire of eternity Himself, became a man so that men like Him can become burning ones. This was one of the most pivotal assignments of Jesus, as declared by the greatest man born of a woman; . …he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: Lk. 3:16. He did not just restore what we lost in Adam; He gave us what we never had before. II Cor 5:17 describes believers in Jesus Christ as beings that never existed before; new, not repaired or revamped. Nobody has seen creatures like us before. We are new on
the scene of creation. Hallelujah! All these and more, because of the fire of the Holy Spirit that's in us and burns through us, which Adam did not have the slightest clue about in all his original glory.

There is a fire that only those who have encountered the Holy Ghost can talk about. You cannot fake it, neither can you contain it. It will spark passion and power for incredible feats in the spirit and in the natural. A million poets cannot describe it because its essence is only communicated by experience. It is impossible to stand out without the Fire.

There will be no healing, deliverance or mighty outpouring for cold, indifferent Christians. God promised us Jesus and delivered; Jesus promised us the Holy Ghost and delivered; the Holy Ghost carries fire and delivers every day! There are no shades of grey; you're either hot on Holy Fire or drowning in lukewarmness. You are either God's burning one or a ready stubble for evil flames. You might not want the Holy Ghost right now but you cannot do without His Fire. It is said of the great man of God, John Wesley, when he was asked the secret of his success in ministry he said, “I set myself on Fire and people come to watch me burn”. Those are the words of one born to burn. What is your testimony?

Prayer/Action
*  I denounce and severe myself from anything  that is not like Jesus, in Jesus’ name.
* Tell Jesus to visit the corridors and altars of your heart and life with coals of Fire.
*  Declare that everything around you must catch Holy Fire and every strange fire is put out unconditionally.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
This month every red sea will dry up for me, the jordan will flee and jericho will fall, it's my season of testimonies, in the mighty name of Jesus.