Hold On To The Good

One of the greatest ways to keep the fire of God burning inside of you is by clinging to the word of the Lord. Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21, “Do not put out the Spirit’s fire; do not treat prophecies with contempt. Test everything. Hold on to the good.” Paul immediately commands believers not to treat prophecies with contempt right after he commands them not to put out the Spirit’s fire. 

In other words, if you don’t want to quench the fire of the Spirit working in your life then honor, value, & uphold the word of the Lord that is proclaimed over you.

How often do we hear the word of God being preached & then forget what was proclaimed an hour later? How often do we read something in the Bible that jumps off the page & then we forget about it the minute we step foot into the workplace? It’s far too often that someone proclaims the word of the Lord over our lives, we hit a trial, & we have no recollection of what was spoken over us before the trial.

It’s time we fuel the fire of the Spirit in our lives by cherishing the proclamation of God’s word, testing it through perseverance, & holding fast ‘to the good.’ 

Don’t be so easy to release what the Lord has proclaimed over you. If you want to stoke the fire of the Spirit in your life, refuse to allow the word of the Lord to fall to the ground. Determine to hold on to the good with an unshakable faith.