The Zeal of the Lord

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Isaiah 59:17
For He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on His head; He put on the garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal as a cloak.

It’s sad when Christians lose the zeal of first love. After having discovered new life in Christ, it’s easy to fall back on old ways and grow cold. Jesus said to John on Patmos, “Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.” Sadly, many of us may start our Christian walks with flair but soon lose our zeal.

Maybe that spark has gone out of your relationship with the Lord. If that’s you, then stop trying to do it in your own strength. Be encouraged to allow him to fan into flame the gift of the Holy Spirit. Ask the Lord to fill you again with his zeal, then step back from your efforts and watch as the zeal of the Lord once again sets your heart ablaze.

God-tracking is burning with the zeal of the Lord.

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Revelation 3:15-16
Isaiah 9:6-7
Mathew 3:11-12

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A Fire Shut Up in My Bones

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Jeremiah 20:9
“But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.”

The prophet Jeremiah said, “His word was in my heart like a burning fire.” He knew what it was like
to be consumed by the zeal of the Lord. Though his word was harsh and condemning, Jeremiah was compelled to deliver the word of God even though his outspokenness would result in his persecution.

Jeremiah was sold-out for God. The fire shut up in his bones prohibited him from being indifferent or lethargic. He said, “His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back and I could not.”

Is there a fire burning in your heart? Are you filled with the zeal of the Lord like Jeremiah? If so, then allow that fire to consume you. Kindle the flames of worship, prayer, fellowship and word that the Lord has shut up in your heart.

God-tracking is fanning the flames.

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Jeremiah 20:7-10
1 Kings 19:13-15
Revelation 3:15-16

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Listen with Your Inner Ear

 

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“We need to hone the skill of listening with our hearts as we read the Bible, interpret circumstances and decipher well-meaning advice.”

John 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.

You know, the hardest part of following God’s will is learning to hear his so-called, “still small voice”. Ever since I began understanding the ways of God, I have been taught that God seldom speaks through the obvious, he speaks through a gentle whisper.

God once told the prophet Elijah that he was going to reveal himself to him. So, he told Elijah to wait on a mountain top and he would pass by. A violent wind came then an earthquake and then a fire but these did not reveal God. Eventually, a still whisper came, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

I believe that the objects of the universe reflect the nature and purposes of the Creator. For instance, God created our hearing mechanism in two parts: the outer ear and the inner ear. The outer ear funnels sound waves toward the eardrum, which separates the two parts of the ear. The eardrum, in turn, turns the external vibrations into internal vibrations, which are detected by our inner ear. Voila, we hear! You see, ultimately, it is the inner ear that turns a whisper into a word.

In following the will of God, we need to hear his word. However, what makes things complicated is the fact that the Holy Spirit’s “still small voice” is totally inaudible to the natural ear. Therefore, we need to hone the skill of listening with our hearts as we read the Bible, interpret circumstances and decipher well-meaning advice. As Billy Graham
said, “The word of God hidden in the heart is a stubborn voice to suppress.”

To discern that still small voice you need to learn to funnel the wind, the earthquake, the fire and the whisper into the inner part – your spirit. To track the plans and purposes of God for your life, you need to listen with your inner ear.

God-tracking is listening with your inner ear.

It’s All In The Bible. Read All About It. (NKJV)
Get into the word of God and get the word of God into you!
1 Kings 19:11-13
Romans 10:17
Psalm 85:8

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So, don’t give up, look up & pray!

“Help me to understand you and to hear that still small voice of your Spirit.”

“Father God, thank you for sending Jesus to speak into our world as the Word of God. I rejoice too, dear Jesus, that you know me personally. I affirm that I have opened my heart’s ear – my “inner ear” – to your voice and confess Jesus Christ to be my personal Lord and God. I choose, therefore, to listen to the voice of Christ as my shepherd and follow his lead. Help me, O God, to interpret your word to me in whichever form it comes. Help me to understand you and to hear that still small voice of your Spirit. Today I choose to follow your lead. Amen.”

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Boldly Following His Fiery Call

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“Know this, he who called you is faithful and he will give you the boldness to take on the world.”

Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Be bold
Be strong
For the Lord you God is with you

Words from an old chorus written by Morris Chapman that we used to sing in church. I remember the vigour this old song gave me…

I am not afraid
I am not dismayed
Because I'm walking in faith and victory
Come on and walk in faith and victory
For the Lord your God is with you

It’s been said, “Could it be that when we are bold enough to step away from our safety nets and into the 'fire' of God’s call, this is when we’re most likely to encounter Him?” The call of God can be a fire. Indeed, just ask Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

When confronted to choose between the fire of God’s call or rejecting the plans of God they replied, “Our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace.” They boldly rebutted the command of Nebuchadnezzar to bow to a golden image and were thrown headlong into a fiery furnace. In their boldness to follow God’s call, they encountered his might to deliver them from the fire. These three chaps walked in faith and victory because the Lord their God was with them.

Are you facing the fire of God’s call? Perhaps opposition to this call has presented itself to you, leaving you feeling desolate and disillusioned. Know this, he who called you is faithful and he will give you the boldness to take on the world. In Christ, no weapon formed against you will succeed, in him, you have authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. Nothing shall by any means hurt you.

So, be bold be strong, the Lord your God is with you.

God-tracking is boldly following God’s fiery call.

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Daniel 3
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Isaiah 54:17

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SO, DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

“Help me O Lord, to rest under the Blood of the Lamb of God and follow your fiery call.”

“Dear God, thank you for the victory of the cross of Christ. He made a spectacle of the forces of darkness when he triumphed over them in it. I stand in that victory, today. I lay claim to the word of God that assures me that I have power over all the opposition of Satan. In the name of Jesus, all opposition to your call on my life will bow. Help me O Lord, to rest under the shadow of your wings and follow your fiery call. Amen.”

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FEELING THE HEAT OF GOD’S FURNACE

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“Are you in a furnace today? Be encouraged, your Lord is refining you. Be encouraged, if you’re in the furnace today, he is with you. Charles Spurgeon said, ‘As sure as God puts His children in the furnace, He will be in the furnace with them.’”

1 Peter 16:7
so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

I used to work in an office that overlooked a steel mill. Across the property boundary was a rail track where rail carriages would line up to receive the dross that resulted from the iron refining process. I watched as carriage after carriage was filled with the disgusting steaming metallic sludge that was skimmed off the purified iron, which was being refined to produce smooth shiny stainless steel.

The same process is employed to refine gold. Gold is precious. Gold is beautiful. However, most gold jewellery we wear is not pure, it is an alloy mix of gold and other metals. When gold is purified, this mixture is heated to a temperature of between 1,000 and 1,100 degrees Celsius. When the metallic mixture reaches this temperature, it melts. In the furnace, the pure gold sinks to the bottom of the crucible while the impure alloy metals separate and rise to the surface. This is called the dross. The sludge of dross is then skimmed off and discarded, leaving beautiful precious pure 24-carat gold behind in the crucible.

You are precious. You are beautiful. You have deep hidden qualities that God rejoices over. He who is holy has called you to be beautifully holy as he is holy. There is an old song that goes, “Purify my heart, let me be as gold and precious silver. Refiner's fire, my heart's one desire is to be holy.” Only in the heat of God’s furnace can you, and I, be refined to become holy. Only in the heat of God’s furnace will the dross of the old life rise to the surface that it may be skimmed off, revealing beautiful precious qualities of holiness within you.

Are you in a furnace today? Be encouraged, your Lord is refining you. Be encouraged, if you’re in the furnace today, he is with you. Charles Spurgeon said, “As sure as God puts His children in the furnace, He will be in the furnace with them.”

God-tracking is a refining process

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Zephaniah 3:17
1 Peter 1:15
1 Peter 1:6-7
James 1:2-4

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DON’T GIVE UP, LOOK UP & PRAY

Dear Lord, if this is a process to refine me like pure gold, please cause the dross in my life to rise up that you may skim it off

“O Lord, I feel like I’m in a fiery furnace today. So much is going wrong. I have so many needs and have called on you for healing, protection and deliverance but it seems you don’t hear me. Yet, I know you do hear me! Dear Lord, if this is a process to refine me like pure gold, please cause the dross in my life to rise that you may skim it off. Help me through this trial. Help me to stay strong and endure the heat in faith that you will, indeed, come through for me. Lord, you are faithful. You never abandon me, even in the fiery furnace. Amen.”

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