Let Us Burn Something Together
February 10, 2008
Monday morning several members of the congregation gathered at the church to rake some leaves. During this time we removed an excessive amount of debris from the rooftop of the church facilities. We noticed that an oak tree was leaning heavily in the direction of the future social hall, so we cut it down, cut it up, and burned it. As we burned the debris, the back yard of the parsonage caught fire because it was very dry.
There is a spiritual lesson in this. All of the debris we removed would have done us great harm in the future. The leaves would eventually rot the roof while the tree would have fallen on the new building and we would pay a heavy price. How great is the price we pay when we refuse to allow God to remove the debris from our lives that will do us harm and burn it. We are continually striving to do something for God while refusing to yield to our own spiritual death (the removing of the debris that destroys the soul).
When we offer our lives a living sacrifice to God that is when the church grows. “See how great a forest a little fire kindles” (James 3:5). God moves when we pile the debris of our lives and allow Him to burn it, not when we implement a new program. The world is like a dry yard that only needs a little fire and a little wind. We start the fire and the Holy Spirit sends the wind. How long since you last told Jesus let us burn something together?
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