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Be the Fire, Do not be consumed by it by Jill Deville



Rising fires once again in California at the beginning of the New Year of 2025. They remind me of Sodom and Gomorrah ( Genesis ), they remind me of the battle of Jericho and Ai ( Joshua ). They also remind me of the fire of the Holy Spirit ( Matthew 13 ) and what the fire does throughout the bible.


Restoration, Resolve, Reset, Rise, Revive are what I hear so boldly from the Lord while I pray and trust in the Lord for all that are in the fire, near the fire and witness the fire. I pray when you witness the fire on the T.V. and Socials that you thank God, it is not you. I pray when you witness the fire you stop and pray for those effected by the fire and in the fire. I pray that you know the messages in the bible concerning both the fire of destruction and restoration and you hear from the Lord what you can do in this fire. I pray that you know you can help from your home in faith and prayer if you can not go out and help in person in some way.


I know with this flame God will heal and set free the lost. I know with this flame God is weeding the fields. I know with these flames He is healing many. I know with these flames He is bringing wisdom, understanding, healing, and His power.


Samson tied 300 foxes together and set them on fire to blaze through the fields. Had he joined the foxes in the field without lighting the fire first they would have turned on him and destroyed him. Instead the fire lite the path to destroy all that was not of the Lord. Although this fire seems to be there to destroy, I can assure you it is there for restoration for God's people.


In the Old Testament often the Lord would destroy entire cities with fire to bring restoration and healing. In those fires He did not harm His people. No matter how huge the fire, the army, or the sin. He protected Lot, and Rahab.


Fires of this magnitude are nothing for the Lord. He is able to protect us and keep us safe in His refuge when we call on Him and when we are His. You may not be in California right now dealing with the huge fires literally, but I know most of you are feeling pretty hot from the fire all around you in your circumstances.


That fire is the very thing that will light the path to get you out of the situation and into the healing, protection, and love of God. It just takes surrender. If you are surrounded by fire and there is no one that could possibly reach you literally, most would pray and call out to God to make a way where there seems to be no way. While others would pray for forgiveness. Some would just ball up and wait to be burned. Some would just scream in fear as they burned.


In the fire of life literally or spiritually your reaction to it, and your action in it reveals your faith and your fears. At any moment you have the choice to allow the fire to overtake you and burn you to death, or to be the fire of the Holy Spirit that lights the path for your future and the future for so many others. ( Genesis 50:19-21 )


In all things, the word of God teaches us that there is not a thing that God is not aware of, and not a thing that is allowed without God's approval. God is not a hateful, harmful God. God is a loving, faithful God. Just because you okay with the evil you and others do, does not mean God is. Each thing that happens in life is sowed in, then reaped just like a harvest.


God is very clear if you plant apples that you will get apples. Why would you get pecans?? Choose this day whom you will serve. Then serve Him, or it with an action. God says if you choose to serve your ancestors and the devil, then allow their authority to manifest in your life. But if you choose Him that His power and authority will be in your life.


When you see a fire, when you see a sick child, when you see the homeless, when you see an addict, when you see your circumstances; anything that manifest sadness, sorrow, fear, hate, anger, or worry, those are triggers to pray about it, not talk about it. You are chosen and set apart to see, feel, act, and react like Christ. If Christ would not do it, then do not do it.


You have the power to stop the fire anywhere with the power of your tongue. You must choose to use that power or be defeated. You have already witnessed the manifestation of seeing the blaze, the poverty, the illness by speaking of it... and watching it increase. Why don't you decide to cause a decrease with faith.


Devastation brings restoration, testimony, hope, vision, unity and love. No, it should not take that, but unfortunately it is the only thing that works right now. It is in the need of healing that you will get to know your Healer. It is in the loneliness that you get to know you are not alone. It is in the fire that you run to the Father..... Until we change, this will not change.


Seek wisdom and understanding daily. Pray to see what God sees, and hear what God hears. Pray to have a heart, mind, soul, and strength that love the Lord so deeply that when you see somthing you pray something... you stop just saying somthing.


Jill Deville

Author & Speaker

Jill Deville Ministries


For more ... check out my 8 books, my books consist of 4 books in my Show What You Know Series, 3 books in my Parable Series, and now 1 book in my Bible Study Series.


All my books teach you the Word of God with simplicity. How to connect with Jesus intimately and bond with Him to produce His (fruit) actions, reactions, power. This allows others to meet Jesus when they meet you!

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