Water on the Altar

He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces and laid it on the wood. Then he said to them, “Fill four large jars with water and pour it on the offering and on the wood.” “Do it again,” he said, and they did it again. “Do it a third time,” he ordered, and they did it the third time. The water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed...

-- 1 Kings 18:33-36

What would you pray?  Knowing that I'm outnumbered by 450 wicked guys, I would have prayed the most desperate and eloquent prayer ever:  Oh dear sovereign Lord...

HELP! HELLLP! HAALLLPPP!

But Elijah, being much more secure and confident in his God than I am, at least currently, basically said "OK God.  Show 'em what Ya got!."  And God burned a very soggy altar to ashes.

It was soggy because Elijah wanted those present to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that this was indeed a miracle, and not the cause of something natural or even coincidental.

So it is in our lives, when we're seeking God for a miracle but it only seems to be getting worse. Consider it water on the altar until the breakthrough comes, and hold strong in Your confidence of His might!

Everybody Can Recognize Him

He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

-- Daniel 3:25

When Jesus shows himself, it is inherent in the soul of His creation to recognize Jesus.  We can attempt to explain or describe Him, but in the end, we can all recognize Him.  It's what we do with that recognition that matters.

Some shrug their shoulders.  Some run in fear.  But some have hearts that burn when they see Him and cannot look away.

When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight. They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”

-- Luke 24:30-32 

Friends, don't look away.  Let your hearts burn with His passion!

Torrents of Peace

come reign in my body
for You reign in my soul

Your love is a strong and easy stream
flowing in the desert
running easy
through the veins in my soul

His majesty rains in the torrents
His glory overwhelms the land

His children hail the King
and dwell in peace
on the day of labor pains

some dwell in shelters
fashioned of wood and plaster
but we rest in the shadow of His gaze

He is grace
     in the face of trial
He is beauty
     in dreadful light of coming terror
He is refuge
     when waters of chaos roar

the earth is the Lord's
and we won't be overcome

- revel8r, 8/26-9/8/17