Rev. Chris Oyakhilome DSc DSc DD
DON’T LOSE YOUR FIRE
Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord (Romans 12:11 AMPC).
The tendency of fire is to burn out. So, for fire to be sustained, it must be fuelled. The same is true of your zeal and passion for the Lord and spiritual things. Read our opening scripture again; it says, “Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.”
In other words, be consistently ablaze for the Lord. It’s your responsibility. Be a burning and a shining light. Some may criticize you for it; they may call you a “fanatic” or an extremist. Others may outrightly ridicule you and persecute you for your spirituality, but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that you’re doing the right thing, fulfilling your purpose in Christ.
It’s the will of God for you to live in a continual state of spiritual incandescence, always radiating His presence. He wants you burning with the Spirit and manifesting His life and power every day and in every place. The secret is staying filled with the Spirit: “And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God” (Ephesians 5:18-21).
Constantly fellowship with the Holy Spirit and meditate on the Word. Pray often, especially for those in your world; your cell members, your leaders, your church family, your friends and loved ones, and those with whom you work or do business. Write their names down and continue to prevail in intercession for them.
There’s something about prevailing prayer; it’s one of the ways to sustain your holy glow, the fire of the Spirit that keeps you fervent and passionate about the things of God. It doesn’t matter how much you’ve studied or how much you know. It doesn’t matter what the Lord has told you; you must stay in fellowship with Him through prayer; otherwise, you could lose the spiritual fervour that should accompany your knowledge.
There’s a passion, a divine glow that comes from consistent, earnest prayer, and without it, your spiritual energy could wane. So spend time in heartfelt intercession, and you’ll always be lambent in the spirit.
PRAYER
Dear Father, I thank you for igniting my heart with passion and zeal for the things of the Spirit. I remain steadfast and burning with the Holy Ghost, serving you with joy and power. I’m ever aglow, fervent in spirit, giving myself continually to prayer and to the ministry of the Word, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.
If you’re blessed by this devotional, believing every words you heard by faith in your heart, and would love to make Jesus the lord of your life, then speak the confessions below out loud, and mean them with your heart:
“O Lord God, I believe with all my heart in Jesus Christ, Son of the living God. I believe He died for me and God raised Him from the dead. I believe He’s alive today. I confess with my mouth that Jesus Christ is the Lord of my life from this day. Through Him and in His Name, I have eternal life; I’m born again. Thank you Lord, for saving my soul! I’m now a child of God. Hallelujah!”
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FURTHER STUDY
Romans 12:11 (TPT)
11 Be enthusiastic to serve the Lord, keeping your passion toward him boiling hot! Radiate with the glow of the Holy Spirit and let him fill you with excitement as you serve him.
1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV)
17 Pray without ceasing.
Colossians 4:12 (KJV)
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
Luke 9:29 (KJV)
29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.
DAILY SCRIPTURE READING
1-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Peter 1:1-21;
Ezekiel 27-28
2-YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
John 13:31-38;
1 Chronicles 22
