Waking one morning recently I was greeted by the Holy Spirit bringing an image to my mind of hearts on fire.  I smiled because for the last couple months, in various ways, I have been impressed that God is going to baptize our hearts with fire.  The first celebration of Pentecost after the resurrection of Jesus, in Acts 2, the place was shaken, tongues of fire appeared and came to rest on the disciples.  They were baptized in the Spirit and spoke in other tongues. This was the power Jesus had told the disciples to wait for and this is what set the church on fire; 3000 souls were set free that day!

Over and over again the impression keeps replaying in my heart that there’s another baptism coming; not one of tongue’s but of the heart.  God is going to baptize our hearts with fire; his fire is his love. The world will look at believers and see a God who loves them, who’s better than they could ever hope or imagine.

In the past people seeking God have been disappointed by seeking the things of God like His gifts, His blessings, His power, and signs and wonders.  But in this new era there’s a greater calling.  He is calling His bride to His love. THERE IS ONE THING TO SEEK; HIS HEART. Those with ears to hear will heed the call to seek His heart.  This is a call to intimacy, relationship, and hunger for his presence, to know him; this is the call to life. The faithful, seeking His presence, waiting on Him, will suddenly be overcome with the power of His presence and find their hearts immersed in the fire of His love, never to be the same.  Being sent with hearts on fire.  Those with His heart will see the world through his eyes and will respond in His love and walk in His power.

The enemy sees this coming and is furiously working to try to stop, hinder, or distract God’s people from receiving this touch from the Master.  In this time of shaking we must be determined to sit at the feet of Jesus and rest in His presence.  It is a time to seek His heart.  Be careful not to open any doors to darkness by seeking the ‘things of God’ over and before the presence of God.  A tactic the enemy uses is distraction which leads to delayed obedience or just plain disobedience.  Tempting people with the thought God’s grace will cover them.  The devil is a liar and always twists the truth.  The trap, and way we open a door for the enemy, is by perverting God’s grace.  To pervert anything means to use it outside of its purpose.  The purpose of God’s grace is to empower us to fulfill God’s call and to teach us to say no to ungodliness.  When we use grace as a covering for not obeying God we find ourselves on thin ice, in sin, abusing His grace; that is not the intent.  Living in this way believers unwittingly open a door that the enemy uses to come in and wreak havoc in their lives.  

God is loving, kind, and patient.  He desires to set people free from the shackles of the enemy.  We are exhorted to let the peace of God rule our hearts and to follow the path of peace.  This only happens when His grace is received for its intended purpose.  WE CLOSE THE DOOR BY SIMPLY REPENTING.  Ask God to forgive any acts of disobedience and any part played in opening the door to the enemy in the first place.  Close the door and seek His presence.  

It is time to position ourselves at the feet of Jesus.  May the fire of His love fall and baptize your heart.  May the world see the power of His love at work in you.  It is time for His bride to shine.  It is time for the world to see, through us, that there is a God in heaven who is GOOD, who brings restoration, redemption, life and life in abundance.  His Kingdom is a kingdom of love, for He is LOVE.

‘Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.’

– 1 John 4:8