“And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth; and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake” (Rev 8:5).
The fire from the altar may speak of the holy zeal for a prayer life. There are always spectacular results for prayers generating from a holy fire. They are manifested in four ways.
‘Voices’ – not earthly voices, but heavenly voices or heavenly messages. If preachers in the pulpit are delivering cold and unpalatable messages, the reason could be that prayer warriors who kneel on the holy ground are missing. Let prayer warriors with a holy, heavenly zeal arise and “turn the battle to the gate”. TO GET ‘HOLINESS PREACHERS’, WE NEED HOLY MEN WHO CAN STORM THE THRONE OF GRACE THROUGH MIGHTY PRAYERS.
‘Thunderings’ denote great victory over enemies (1 Sam 7:10). Why is the church of the Lord in a cold, defeated state now – as if the devil is the winner? THERE AREN’T ENOUGH MEN OF PRAYER WHO ARE ALL OUT FOR A HOLY, UNDEFILED LIFE. Let saints arise with a clear vision of the holiness of God. Let them march to the throne of grace. Soon God will thunder from heaven and discomfit all His enemies.
‘Lightnings’ show the vanquishing of the forces of the devil (Lk.10:18). Oh, how God looks for saints who through their prayer and pure life bring down the forces of darkness! Dear saint, shake off the dust, arise from the dead and PRAY – PRAY TILL
YOU SEE SATAN FALL AS LIGHTNING FROM THE SKY.
YOU SEE SATAN FALL AS LIGHTNING FROM THE SKY.
‘Earthquake’ – Yes, men of prayer who live an unblemished life can alone shake this world for Christ. Many are praying; why is nothing happening then? Some people rebuke the devil in prayer, but the devil rebukes them back, laughing at the mountain of SECRET SINS in them. Indeed, our God is the same yesterday, today and for ever. He still wants to send a big spiritual earthquake and shake the world for Christ. John Wesley once said, “Give me a hundred men who fear nothing but sin, who love nothing but God. No matter what background they come from, they can shake the world for Christ and establish the kingdom of heaven.”
May the Lord make us a censer of pure gold by helping us to live an unblemished life so that our prayers, like the heavenly incense, may result in“voices and thundering and lightnings and an earthquake.”
May the Lord make us a censer of pure gold by helping us to live an unblemished life so that our prayers, like the heavenly incense, may result in“voices and thundering and lightnings and an earthquake.”
– Taken from Morning Manna – Thoughts for Daily Devotion
"A Song" marches us towards "THE THRONE OF GRACE" to give victory all the time.
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