A match is a small thing that barely warrants any notice. It isn’t bright, shiny, or flashy. It doesn’t come across as anything beautiful. When it is lit, it has light, but not much light. The match now though gives off just a little heat, enough to burn you. The match won’t stay lit for long, or at all in windy or rainy weather. The flame lasts just a minute at best.
Oh, but what a fire, what light it can bring if properly applied. The darker the moment, the better the light the match gives. Light a match in the day time and there is nothing to it much, but light a match in a pitch black room and you can see enough to find a light switch or a door for the way out. That is a lot of power for just a little bit of cardboard, phosphorus and gelatin.
Ever light a whole book of matches at one time? Ever use a whole book of matches to start a fire?
James 3:5
….Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
Who is supposed to be the flame that others might see?
Isaiah 6:8
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
We are all called to be a light for Jesus Christ. If we all ‘catch fire’ together as was intended….
1 Corinthians 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
Matthew 5:16
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Strive to be that little match, that hasn’t much glory, or nothing to boast of, but through the Holy Ghost has the power to start a great fire of revival for the Church.
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