Carry the Torch
You used to carry the torch as you ran to the heart of God. Your heart was on fire. You burned with passion for the Lord and for His friendship. You couldn’t wait for the next meeting where you and those around you would together experience the Presence of God. And yet, your closet was your favorite place, just you and Him Face to face.
Now those days are but a glimpse in the rear-view mirror. You are in a different season. Your friends have changed. The reflection in the mirror has changed. Maybe you are in your 50s or 60s or 70s now. You are still devoted to God and deep inside you still have a flame. You still love Him, His Presence, and His fellowship, but where is the fire? As you read this, your heart yearns and longs for His courts as King David longed…
because you remember.
You know who you are. You know you are a lover of God. But as time has passed your oil has burned elsewhere rather than to stoke the fire of God within you. Some have made this great exchange—the beauty of God, His Fire, His manifestation, and His closeness for the familiar and the easy. Having eyes like Eli’s, dim and cloudy, eyes that no longer clearly see.
Sure you experience His Presence from time to time when you make time for “behind the closed door.” Or maybe it’s just that you only remember when you experienced Him. You know there is more, because you have experienced Him and you know what you experienced was real. It forever changed you. You remember getting touched by God’s fire and you watched as your friends did too. You also know that now your meetings are a far cry from the call of the Lord for His church. Where is the Fire of God that used to be in those meetings? Would those around you even understand it you burned for Him again? If this is speaking to you, here is a word from the Lord for you.
Burn anyway.
Carry the torch of the Holy Spirit’s fire anyway.
Pay the price,
and…
Burn.
Win those around you.
They will see. They can’t help but see. They will want His fire too.
And even if they don’t…
Burn anyway.
Run the race.
As hot as you can for Him,
Until your last breath.
