Keep the Fire Burning

Scripture:

Leviticus 6:12  "The fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must not go out.  Every morning the priest is to add firewood and arrange the burnt offering on the fire and burn the fat of the fellowship offerings on it".

Observation:

God told His people that fire on the altar of the burnt offering must always be kept burning.  They were to ensure that the fire kept burning  and never went out.  Each morning, they had to re-kindle the fire, add wood, etc. to make sure it never went out.

Application:

It is work to keep a fire burning continually.  You have to constantly be adding firewood and stoking the fire to make sure it doesn't go out.  Just like this, it is work to keep the fire of our personal relationship with God burning and not going out.  In order to stay fresh and to keep the fire burning, we must re-kindle the flame every morning.  We need to take out the old ashes of yesterday's fire and put fresh wood on the altar.  We can do this by spending time daily in prayer and in God's word.

Prayer:

Father, thank you for restoring my personal fire lately.  Thank you for pouring out Your love and Your Spirit in my life.  I never want to grow stale in my relationship with You.  Bring someone across my path for me to witness to today.  Let someone get saved today and relight my personal fire more and more.

Yours,
Jeff