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Fan that Flame…

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1Timothy 1:6  “…I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you…”

A fire left unattended will eventually die down to nothing but a few glowing embers. If we refuel and fan them, flames will quickly start to flicker and climb and before long the fire is ablaze again.

Our verse lets us know that this is how our God given spiritual gifts work. If we leave them unattended they will decrease and become nothing more than an ember of what they should be. People may notice them smouldering in us but be unable to see the raging beauty that they should be.

Now, just as a fire needs three things to exist: fuel, heat and oxygen, our spiritual gifts need prayer, study and fellowship to blaze. As we diligently bring these three together the flames of our spiritual gifts begin to rise and gather strength. What is an ember today can be a flame tomorrow and a raging fire in our future.

This week why not fan into flames the spiritual gifts that God gave you. Start praying over them, studying God’s Word and fellowship with other Christians who think the way you think. This will cause even the smallest dying ember of your spiritual gifts to flicker and come to life in a short time. Don’t stop when you see the first sign of flame but keep on praying, studying and fellowshipping until your spiritual gifts are a raging fire that no man can stop.

Getting Promoted…

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Daniel 3:30 “Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, in the province of Babylon” [NKJV]

This is a great ending to a very powerful bible illustration. As we know King Nebuchadnezzar had placed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego into a fiery furnace as punishment. They met Jesus in that fire and came out unscathed and with a mighty testimony! They went through an integrity test, then a belief test and finally through the test of fire. When they came out of that furnace even the smell of the fire did not linger on them. They had received their promotion!

What a voyage to promotion this was for Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. Sometimes in life the promotion process can appear to be a seemingly endless and unfruitful time. A time when everything can appear to be the opposite of what we expect. There can be lies told about us, everything we believe in gets shaken and then to top it off we are thrown into a fiery furnace. “This can’t be promotion,” we often think. Then out of the flames, the fumes and the fire we see Jesus. He walks with us, bringing us to victory. Our promotion is here!!!

Each of us will go through the process of promotion in different seasons of life. As Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came forth without the smell of the fire on them so too when we are rescued to our promotion the smell of adversity will not remain on us either. When we come out of the fiery test with Jesus the smell of the fire will not taint our promotion or our future.

This week Jesus is with you champion. Just as God rescued these three boys and then they were promoted, God is with you and you too will receive your promotion. Remember – there will be no sign lingering from the tests you went through to receive promotion... Just evidence that Jesus is with you!