One of the biggest changes I've seen in me and many of my friends since the Encounter is a new passion, a new fire in us. It's like God rebirthed something that was already there, but at the same time gave us something new. It's a fire that can't really be explained by words we understand... only in the Spirit can you understand God's fire.
I think it's so cool that God instills passion in us. That passion not only helps us draw closer to Him but it also helps us to step out in faith and reach out to others.
"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me will come one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not fit to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire." - Matthew 3:11
When God baptizes us with His fire, it's something that we should hold onto--something that should be treasured and taken seriously. Too many times have we (I myself can testify to doing this many times) allowed our emotions to come into play to where we quit feeding our spirits with His word, His love, and the fire fades away. I personally am tired of going through the same cycle of "retreat, fire, fire quenched, retreat, fire, fire quenched, etc."
"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field." - Matthew 13:44
Let's make the fire and passion that God's instilled within us like the treasure the man found in the field. Let's not keep it buried, put it away where no one can see it, but pursue it, pursue Him. Our God is an all-consuming fire.
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