2 Chronicles 7:3 – “When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord’s splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!”

Today is May 3, 2025.    Time has extended far beyond what I thought possible in the late 60s and 70s.  I could not comprehend a new millennium, looking forward from the 2000s.    Yet we are here, and the signs of the times everywhere reveal the fulfillment of the biblical description of ‘The Last Days.’

This generation has not seen the FIRE of God.    Many of those who have are growing weary, and some are seeking to blend and assimilate into the modern culture that has infected the church.  What is the answer?

I believe it is prayer, total surrender, and persistence, but something more leaped off the page in 2 Chronicles 7:3. “When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the LORD’S splendor over the temple, they got down on their knees with their faces downward to the pavement.”

The awesome presence of God is needed today!   We don’t need more or new programs. We need the FIRE of God!   The conditions God identified to Solomon (vv. 12-15) are prevalent today.   The conditions of Noah’s day are visible today.   The conditions Paul, Peter, and James identified as characteristics of the Last Days are visible today.   What do we do? What did we need?

We need intercessory prayer, repentance, restoration, renewal, and revival that can only come through God’s FIRE!    We need the FIRE that purges out the dross.  We need the FIRE that awes!  We need the FIRE that transforms!   In verses 12-15, God gave the solution, the remedy, and the pathway to victory.

“IF…that’s the key, the catalyst or the entryway – IF my people…”   It is not a change by the unbelievers that sets the revival and restoration in motion; that is secondary.    It is God’s people, those who profess Him, who do several things: they humble themselves, not being humbled, but humbling themselves.   Then, in that state of humility, surrender with Prayer to God.  

• Praying with a Seeking Heart. 
• Seeking to please God. Seeking to manifest Christ in everything.
• Seeking to have the Living Christ manifest in every detail of life.

It’s not just praying a prayer but praying out of a particular condition that brings God’s result.   In that state, we are to repudiate (renounce, reject, and turn from) our sinful practices and our lack of diligence and commitment.   It is then that God gives His promise of forgiveness, healing, and restoration.   It is in that condition that we can expect the FIRE to fall.

In Acts 1, they were in one place, both physically and spiritually, actively praying and seeking God.   In Acts 2, the FIRE fell.   Without the FIRE, we will fluctuate between hot and cold, from enthusiastic to passive. Jesus promised to baptize us with the Holy Spirit and FIRE!

My heart is crying for the FIRE of God to be manifested today.  The world won’t change without God’s people experiencing the transforming FIRE of God.   We will not be viewed as different and have no real appeal to the troubled unless we have the FIRE of God.   The harvest won’t come unless we have the FIRE of God.   Devils won’t bow unless we have the FIRE; they don’t fear or respect religion; they fear the FIRE of God.

How do we get the FIRE?   Reread what I’ve written, and you will see the doorway.   Practice it, and you’ll experience the FIRE Falling from Heaven. In that state of being consumed by the FIRE, we will be transformed and become visible examples of John 14:12, walking in the Isaiah 61 anointing.   The world and the kingdom await the FIRE in us! Victory is ours!

Let this be a day of the FIRE of God manifest in our lives and world. Have a great day, and keep looking up; Jesus is coming soon!