I Need My Fire Back
Pastor Darius McClure at CHANGE Church
Burnout occurs when the demands on you, outweigh the devotion in you.
Your purpose requires your passion.
The enemy knows you can only use people who don’t know who they are.
The enemy attempt to use loss to c create labels.
Regular <<< rare
God called you because you are rare, not regular.
You may be surrounded by regular people, but you are not regular.
Rare- an uncommon, unusual, or unexplainable occurrence or quality that is not often found
You can’t lead where you fit.
What makes you different, is you worshipping Him.
As humans, we were created to worship; therefore, if you don’t worship Him, you’re worshipping something.
Daniel 3:15- He’s trying to get them to compromise.
Compromise is a cancer, it starts small but spreads fast.
You go from lowering you standards to having no standards- comprise.
We need people around us who are able to call us out when we start to settle.
Compromise eats at your integrity, influence, and intimacy with God.
What everyone accepts, doesn’t have to be what we adopt.- vs.15
vs.17- “the God who I serve” … IS ABLE to save us. He will rescue us from your power…
We’re not blind to reality, we just trust our God’s ability! - Words to live by**
vs. 18- “but if He doesn’t.. we want to make it clear to you, that we will never serve your gods”
I want to have an “even if He don’t” praise.
My praise is not predicated to results, my praise is based on His relationship. If He blesses me, He is good; if He doesn’t bless me, He is still good.
Everyone has vision, not everyone has clarity.
Clarity is a weapon only for conquerers. They wouldn’t have survived with only vision, but they were clear on Who their God was.
What do you do when your faith gets you in trouble?
Sometimes God has to put fire around you, to reignite the fire within you. -A Word!
The adversity isn’t always just about you, sometimes God needs to do a miracle in front of others- your enemies and/or the ones who weren’t as strong, the ones who bowed. You overcoming adversity may be the win they need to see to win again.
Vs.19-25- Represents a sort of stronghold and God allowing them to be put in the fire, but not coming out smelling like smoke.
God got into the fire with them, He was there with them and walked with them in it.
The reward of worship is not gifts, it’s God.
In His presence there is fullness and joy!
How to Get Your Fire Back:
Restraint- Restrain yourself from whatever dims your fire. They refuse to bow when everyone else did.
Right Relationships- Their loyalty to God was rooted in relationship, not results. Knowing God, not just needing Him. Do you need God more than you know Him? Relationship over religion.
Resolve- Fire returns when conviction is greater than your convenience. The unshakeable decision that no matter the cost you will not compromise your faith.
Chains represent bondage. Fire represents adversity.
The Hebrew boys show us that fire does not just come by accident, it comes by thru alignment.
Before you forgive, you need the fear of the Lord. Without the fear of the Lord, you only forgive when you feel like it.- wow!