Oh Consuming Fire
destroy my disobedience
Burning Pillar by night
lead me
I want to go to Mount Zion
to the city of the Living God
As the waves of faith lap against my weary heart
As I am gently guided to go where I don't want to go
"Therefore straighten the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be healed. Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord, looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled..."Hebrews 12:14
We have to be careful where we walk. The path that we are on becomes our destiny. It becomes the state of healing that our heart is on. And it becomes our character.
"A man who isolates himself seeks his own desire; He rages against all wise judgement. A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart." Proverbs 18:1-2
"Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise; For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him." Hebrews 10:35-38
He is faithful to remove our hurts. He is our shepard! I like the wording in Psalm 23:2- He makes me to lie down in green pastures. I can picture myself saying, No, I'm fine, I don't need to rest. I can keep going, I'm tough, and gently being pushed onto soft, springy refreshingly cool grass. I can almost hear the Shepard of my busy soul saying, "Hush. Feel this grass I made for you. He knows I'm heading into the valley of the shadow of death, and unless my soul is restored, I won't be ready. I won't have the quiet confidence to have no fear. I won't be comforted in the knowledge that He is with me.
I'm not being cryptic or enigmatic. There are seasons in all of our lives where we are headed for lush pastures, and for the the valley of the shadow of death. It's a shadow. It's dark, and scary and unknown. But Jesus conquered death. He took the sting out of it. So ".. let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the throne of God. (Heb. 12:1-2)
Bless you!
