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Fireman or Pyromaniac?

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

I have had two verses working in my brain for a few weeks. They stand in contrast to one another and yet they compliment one another. Here they are:

Do not put out the Spirit’s fire.
I Thessalonians 5:19, NIV

This is why I remind you to fan into flames the
spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my hands on you.
2 Timothy 1:6, NLT

As I have been reading and reflecting on these two passages I have to ask myself: Am I a firefighter or a pyromaniac? Of course, in this case the roles are a little bit reversed as it’s better to be a pyro when it comes to spiritual matters. Being a firefighters and putting out the Spirit’s fire in your life is downright dangerous—God will eventually leave us to our own devises.

I also wonder how I put out His fire in my life? And how do I, instead, fan into flames the gift He has given to me? How do I walk closer with Him instead of hiding myself from him? All great questions…wish I had better answers. :cool:

For now I will just keep focusing on being more of a pyromaniac!

07.01.2009 Holy Spirit, Spiritual Musings 3 Comments

Gaps in Our Faith

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

This is just a quick thought on a passage of Scripture I read this morning…it has my wheels turning:

Night and day we pray earnestly for you,
asking God to let us see you again
to fill the gaps in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:10, NLT

Paul is writing to Christians here. Persecuted Christians. Christians living out their faith in tough times. And he tells them that he wants to come see them so that he can help “fill the gaps” in their faith. A couple of thoughts here off the top of my head:

  1. I don’t often think of my faith like this…having gaps. It makes me ponder where the gaps are in my own faith.
  2. It strikes me that the remedy for these gaps, how they “get filled”, is within community. We can’t fill these gaps ourselves. We need on another to fill the gaps in our faith. This underscores just how important we are to one another.

Anyone have some thoughts to add to this one? Do you know the gaps in your own faith? Have you ever been a part of filling the gaps in someone else’s faith?

20.12.2008 Faith, Fellowship, Spiritual Musings No Comments