Let Your fire burn within me

"Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and make me willing to obey You."  

                                                                                                     Psalm 51:12  NLT 

We have times that we feel we have nothing left to give, we are exhausted and need a re-fill of God's Spirit. If you feel this way, perhaps you have been doing too much in your own strength. Don't forget Jesus said, 'without Me you can do nothing' John 15:5. Everything you do in your own strength doesn't carry the anointing that it does when in the strength of Jesus (2 Corinthians 12:9). Subsequently, we run out of steam and the joy fades.

Don't worry, we all do it from time to time. It comes from a desire to do everything right, almost to perfection. Someone once said that the root of perfectionism, is the fear of failure. The perfectionist attempts to do everything right; to have everything in place - rather like OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. They go to great lengths to avoid judgement and criticism because they are so scared of failing. The problem is, they can never meet the full potential of perfectionism and, are candidates for burnout.

Avoid this at all costs. You can do all things, as long as you do it in God's strength (Philippians 4:13). Doing things in His strength, takes the pressure away and opens the way to joy - the joy of the Lord which He offers in Nehemiah 8:10. This way opens up the joy of God's salvation - that wonderful feeling you had when you first became a Christian.

Psalm 92:10 says, 'But my horn, You have exalted like a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil.' The word 'horn' is defined as strength and notice God can exalt this strength to the likeness of a wild ox. That is some strength. It is reinforced by the fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit, which in turn means you have been reignited with the fire of God.

Stop trying to be perfect, you'll never make it on your own. Anyway, God already thinks that you are perfect and that, is all that matters. Just ask God to reignite you in His Spirit according to Psalm 92:10. The fire will come!

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