From evening till morning the cloud above the tabernacle looked like fire” (Numbers 9:15). Then fire from the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp” (Numbers 11:1).
“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. His winnowing
fork is in His hand to clear the threshing floor and to gather the wheat
into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire” (Luke 3:16-17).
Fire is a symbol of God’s working among His people. In both Numbers and
Luke, there are two aspects of God’s work in us; burning away the sin
and brightening our lives with the presence of God, with the power of
the Holy Spirit. Those who have been blessed by the Lord in this way
must surely say of Him: “My tongue will speak of Your righteousness and
of Your praises all day long” (Psalm 35:28).
Psalm 48:1-14 Lord, we worship You in the place of worship – “Within Your Temple, we meditate on Your unfailing love.” Help us to go out from there, and play our part in seeing that Your praise “reaches to the ends of the earth” (Psalm 48:: 9-11). How will other people know of Your love, if we don’t tell them? How will they find their way to Your House, if we don’t invite them? When we share Your Word with others, help us to remember Your promise: “My Word… will not return to Me empty, but will… achieve the purpose for which I sent it” (Isaiah 55:11).
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