The fireman does not offer the fire the things it loves.  Gasoline, kerosene, synthetics ,wood and cloth are kept away from the battlefield.  But water, or a smothering foam annihilate his enemy.  The greed of destruction is brought to nothing.

There is a raging fire of expectation among the world.  How desperately they want to see God’s people fail.  Look what glee they display as they devour even their own.  Salivating to destroy, they welcome the rumor of failing.

They do not seek out faltering.  They are looking for raging sins.  The Christian’s refusal to obey is like gasoline to a fire.  Even the liberties God has allowed us, are flammable in the eyes of the world.

What are we teaching?  What are we doing?  Do we wear a sash of compromise on the clothing God has given us?  Do we often forget what is holy?  Do we forget who we used to be?  Do we forget our calling?

Does our testimony fuel the fires of hell?  Or does it quench, and restrain by living water?  Do we smother the world’s ambition by a display of holy behavior?

By His Grace