Scripture reading: Acts 2:1–13

Passion Weak

I baptize you with water for repentance . . .

but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. (Matthew 3:11)

 

Upon the altar of my heart I cannot get a fire to start; The wood is wet

So all I get Is smoke.

I’m bored with life and all I see Is pointless mediocrity

We moan, we sigh And then we die Alone.

But now this king upon a colt Awakes my senses with a jolt; If he’s for real

Then he can heal My heart.

He says his only aspiration Is to ignite a conflagration, Of flames of love

From fire above In us.

“I came to earth to raise the dead.” “That would be me,” I humbly said.

His look, his touch, It meant so much To me.

He gave his life upon a tree So by his stripes I can be free From guilt and shame,

O what a Name, Is Jesus.

They buried him behind a stone But he arose and took the throne And with a shout

Poured Spirit out For all.

The Spirit fell in holy fire And lit in me a hot desire; My heart’s ablaze

And all my days I burn.

And though it may be out of fashion To be aflame with godly passion

I really must Ignite, or bust, For him!

 

The greatest danger to Christianity is, I contend, not heresies, heterodoxies, not atheists, not profane secularism—no, but the kind of orthodoxy which is cordial drivel, mediocrity served up sweet.—Søren Kierkegaard

point to ponder • Fire always marks the presence and work of the Holy Spirit.

prayer focus • Ask Jesus to heal your heart.