THE SPIRIT OF BURNING

THE SPIRIT OF BURNING

God has some wonderful things in store for those who diligently seek His Face for His cleansing power in their lives. That is, perhaps, the most needful activity we can be exercised in today. It is more important than being prosperous financially. It is more important than being physically healthy.

Spiritual purity is the result of a working of the Holy Ghost in our lives. It comes from the Hand of God.

Isaiah 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:

Oh! How we need the moving of the Hand of God in our lives. Ironically, as much as we desire the Purity of the Spirit, we shrink back from the process which produces it for us.

Isaiah 4:4 When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.

The Spirit of Judgment is that which shows us what God sees to be important (that is what the Hebrew word means). His scale of values is much different than ours. His Ways are higher. His Thoughts are higher. He is looking from a different angle (Eternity) than we do.

The Spirit of Burning speaks to us of the FIRE and HEAT that is necessary to separate the dross and tin from our lives.

We must not forget that it is HIS SPIRIT that is producing the heat and pressure that it takes to rid us of the impurities in our lives. We blame the devil, and rebuke him, mistakenly.

Be encouraged. The process WILL come to an end when the desired result is accomplished.

Isaiah 28:28 Bread [corn] is bruised; because he will not ever (forever) be threshing it, nor break [it with] the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it [with] his horsemen. God is not doing it for fun, but for our benefit.

Ezekiel 36:25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

Ezekiel 36:37 Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet [for] this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do [it] for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

Zechariah 13:1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.

Psalms 51:10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

Jeremiah 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.