He Will Transpire a Fire of Desire to Inspire

Matthew 3:11-12 (The Message) "I'm baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. The real action comes next: The main character in this drama—compared to him I'm a mere stagehand—will ignite the kingdom life within you, a fire within you, the Holy Spirit within you, changing you from the inside out. He's going to clean house—make a clean sweep of your lives. He'll place everything true in its proper place before God; everything false he'll put out with the trash to be burned."

As that fire gets ignited within us, we have a responsibility as Christians to spread that flame. As we allow the flame of His Spirit to consume us and we reach out unto the world, we spark flames within others. They look at us and see a difference within us. A simple spark is all we need to light this world into a blazing inferno for His glory! When we are living as we ought, others will be able to feel the presence and love of the LORD when they are around us.

We cannot just play church. What is the point of going to church, getting into His word, and investing that time if you are not going to let it change you? If we act as the world acts, we will have no influence. But as we let His spirit cleanse and transform who we are from the inside out, He will give us influence. People gravitate to those who take a stand for what they believe in. If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.

Ephesians 5:2 (Amplified Bible) And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance.

We have all felt alone at times, some more than others. You might be praying to the LORD for Him to put someone in your life, whether it is just a new friend, a future spouse, or just a stranger with a random act of kindness. Do not feel as though your prayers have gone unanswered, for He has heard our cries as we diligently seek Him. Unfortunately, He relies on people such as ourselves to reach out and answer those prayers for His glory. As He puts it on hearts around us to reach out, the enemy will do everything in his power to interfere.

As He puts things on our hearts to do for others, how many times do we ignore it? How many times do we make excuses? "I don't have time." "Helping a stranger is uncomfortable." There are millions of excuses you can use to reason away what God has told you to do. The truth about the situation is that God has placed that on our hearts to answer their prayers. We need to take the focus off of ourselves and start displaying God's love through our actions. We will be able to spark everlasting flames and the number of lives we change will be incalculable.