Smoldering Christians?

As I woke up to pray this morning, I found myself wishing I could get the last bit of the log that was on the fire last night to re-light. I wasn't freezing, but just cold enough to want the fire to be rekindled...just for a bit.

As I prayed, I found myself listening and then looking at the smoking smoldering remnant of a log that was sitting there. Man, I wanted that log to catch afire. I could feel a little warmth from it, if I left my spot and stooped fown near to the grate. But all it made me do was to think that just as my desire to have this fire going was that strong, God's desire toward you and me is so much the stronger, so much more the purer. And I found myself asking God to blow upon my life, to rekindle my heart, to reignite the fire in the time I spent in prayer with Him. "I don't want to be a smoldering member of Your church, Lord. I want to burn for You. I want to be consumed with You, by You, and for You."

What about you? Are you smoldering? Does the Lord come to spend time with you, desiring to be warmed by your fervent love, your ardent passion to draw near to Him? Or does He find us smoldering...not out, but not enflamed either...just smoldering.

If this is you, there is hope, certain hope.

"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth" Isaiah 42:3.

It's been said, "Get on fire for God, and people will come watch you burn."

Also, someone once wrote...
"One life to live
Will soon be past
What's done for Christ alone will last
And when i am dying
How glad i will be
If the lamp of my life has been burned out for Thee."