Getting a Spark.

January 4, 2012

That first moment when something catches. Where fire is born, where reaction happens and it sparks something bigger. That is the Christmas story and that is what we strive for in Church. When we worship we say it was meaningful and we use words like “it spoke to me,” or “I felt close to God.” We are constantly chasing that spark. But what if that spark wasn’t our goal? What if our Goal was the raging inferno that follows?

Jesus writes in Luke 12:49-53 that he didn’t come to spark something. Instead Jesus came to burn the whole place to the ground. Jesus is the spark but his purpose was to create an inferno.

In the Old Testament Elijah stood against the prophets of Baal not to create a spark but to burn the offering up.

This is the kind of passion christians are to strive for. Too often we want the spark but what we need is a blazing inferno.

When people see a sudden spark they will jump but then go about their business. Yet when they see an inferno it piques their curiosity and gets them thinking about what is the cause, purpose, and meaning of it.

To create a fire you need fuel, what fuels your fire?

Are you creating an inferno? Is your church just sparking or is it burning with the passion of a million suns? Why? Why not?

What one thing can you do today to create a spark that burns like a volcano?