Leviticus 6:12-13, “And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” God expects the Old Testament priest to keep the fire burning on God’s altar continually. In the same vein, this divine instruction is still very relevant to us today as Christians and very useful to sustain God’s fire in our souls. Every born-again Christian is a priest unto God today. “But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy” (1 Peter 2:9-10).
Believer’s growth and development begins after he/she is born into God’s kingdom into a new life. This new life in the kingdom is with the new thoughts, new walk, new behavior, and new language of God's grace with divine nature to live a holy life. This experience didn’t end there. Our body now belongs to God’s temple, which the holy fire should be burning therewith continually. There’s need for such believer in Christ to continue in the faith to the end in spite of all challenges (odds), as we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God (Acts 14:22). Final salvation is when we shall see Jesus face to face. Salvation in Christ Jesus is an open door to God’s love and mercy to receive the fire of Holy Ghost that burns continually in our souls.
It’s our sole responsibilities and coupled with the measure of grace given to us to keep the fire of God’s love burning and glowing both in our hearts and in the souls (mind, will, and emotions) and the fire of Holy Ghost should continually be burning in us. “It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it…Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God” (Leviticus 6:9; Romans 6:13). These verses of the scripture revealed to us our responsibilities to continue in submission to God’s word so that the Holy Spirit could keep His fire burning perpetually in your soul. It is wisdom for us to take heed to this admonition today. “That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us” (2 Timothy 1:14).
It takes walking in the Spirit to sustain, keeps safe, or guard the fire of God’s love in your heart and soul! In Leviticus 6:10-11, “And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place”. The ashes in Leviticus 6 are an indication that fire has thoroughly burnt through sacrifice on the altar.
Hence, God instructed the priests to carefully handle them and properly dispose of them outside the camp in other to allow the fire to keep burning continually. Self-glory, self-centeredness, self-focused, and praise of men after God has used us to accomplish His purpose is nothing to us anymore as servants. Not only that, we should humble ourselves continually in God’s presence and return all glory to His Holy name in anything He has used us to do. “Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake” (Psalms 115:1). God bless.
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