Holding Fire and Walking on Coals

Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned? Or can one walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched?  (Proverbs 6:27-28, ESV)

PROXIMITY + PATH =

1 – WHAT DRAWS YOU CLOSE, YOU.

Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?  (Proverbs 6:27, ESV)

The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.  (Proverbs 5:22)

2 – WHERE YOU WALK, YOU.

LITTLE STEPS HAVE THE POWER TO LEAD DOWN A LONG PATH.

DIRECTION ->

STEPS ->

PATH ->

It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor than to divide the spoil with the proud.  (Proverbs 16:19)

Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. (Proverbs 4:25-27, ESV)

JESUS COMES TO HEAL BURN VICTIMS.

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace… (Ephesians 1:7, ESV)

For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.  (Colossians 1:19-20, ESV)

If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. (Galatians 5:25, ESV)

HOPE: The confident anticipation that goodness is coming.

1 – What am I holding close that is burning me?

2 – What path am I walking that leads to somewhere I don’t want to go?

3 – What step of honesty, confession, or surrender is God asking me to take today?

What is the Holy Spirit saying to you?