A smoking flax (Part 1)

A Smoking Flax (part1)

"A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. [4] He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law". (Isaiah 42:3-4 KJV)

The kingdom of heaven is very much interested in starting and maintaining Divine fires that will engulf the territory and bring Glory to God. We are in the era of Kingdom domination. An Era that will bring the rulers of this world under the reign and authority of the one and only true King. Jesus!

"The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever" (Revelation 11:15)

If the King must reign in our time, drastic measures must be activated to make this happen. One way heaven achieves a fire revolution in a dispensation is by an initiation of smoking flaxes in the hearts of men. One that with consistent nuturing and tending by a person's willful participation, can grow and blow beyond proportion. In this part of our study, we shall limit the teaching to starting and finding our flax.

Who hath done this?

"And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. [5] And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. [6] Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this?"

(Judges 15:4-6)

In the above verses, we can witness the devastation that a wildfire can cause in a landscape. It was so horrible an effect that an entire ecological and agricultural resources was wiped out. An entire produce of a farming season of shocks, corn, vineyards and olives wasted in one go. The potency of Wildfires cannot be overemphasized.

Wildfires are uncontrolled fires that spread quickly and can destroy homes and the environment nearby. It is one of the major causes of national disasters which leads to heavy loss of lives, property and resources. It can single handedly change the entire landscape, well-being and state of living of a people. 

How do these fires start—and how do they spread and become dangerous so quickly?

It all starts with a spark....a smoking flax!

FINDING YOUR FLAX!

Apart from man-made causes of Sparks stemming from ignorance and carelessness on it's part, Lots of other things can cause a spark. These are, burning Embers, lightening and heat from the sun.

Burning Embers...

A burning ember that blows away from a campfire. Scattered tiny flickers that escape from the cracklings of a campfire is enough to locate the dry expanse of wild grasses or bulrush. It can be a tiny flicker but it's a wildfire encapsulated. Be careful to notice it when it breaks away and glades around. 

It can occur during your worship moment. A simple worded line in those verses can catch a flax and burn within. Sing it again and again, build it, fan up those embers untill it burns. It can occur during the study of the word. It can be sparked by a deep revelation of something you didn't see in those words before. Just like the psalmist...once has it been spoken but twice have I heard (ps62:11). Once the repitition is engaged in your spiritman know that a flax is about to blaze. May be your flax bellows in quiet lonely enclosures at home or out. Treasure such moments. Don't be in a haste to depart. Allow that flax to pick more ventilation from the high heavens. Let the spirit romance be completed. in ascendancy of such moments is the flax boosted and ripples into fireworks. Pls note that by whatever means or place this occurs in your life and you frequently senses it, always fan it and treasure it beyond everything else. Your destiny might depend on it and also your generation.

Lightning…

A lightening doesn't occur always. It only appears in seasons, mostly during heavy rains. Lightenings also appear as flashes across the sky and may be seen in a fraction of seconds. This can be symbolic of Divine occurrences orchestrated by heaven to get your attention. Whenever you sense a switch in the spirit or the atmosphere that you weren't expecting and didn't plan, these are part of heaven lightenings trying to start a spark. Be sensitive and take advantage of it cause it only on for a few seconds. But if you can give it attention, a potential wildfire is in the making. 

Heat from the sun…

The heat of the sun symbolised the pressure orchestrated by persecution or temptations we go through as believers. God doesn't take remove these pressures from us but rather, he allows us to go through the crisis, and inasmuch as we allow our resolved will to participate in it without wavering or compromising, he activates a switch that appears as flaxes in our soul. If we can turn on these switches in the midst of our trials and circumstances, it can generate a capacity that can cause us to latch on to fires so potent it can burn. As a result, we come out of these situations recharged and ignited afresh for exploits. I advice that in your crises don't give in. Don't breakdown,give it time. Allow the gold in you to be forged and unleashed. When we go through the fires, it shall not burn us. Recieve the strenght to excel and come more than conquerors.

I see a generation that God will raise from the ashes of nothingness into future generals. Men that will devastate the entire resources of the Philistines and cause a cry to emanate from it's Lords, princes and commanders saying "WHO HAS DONE THIS"? 

A generation that will take responsibility of causing mayhem to the enemies of the Kingdom. That will not be afraid to pay with blood nor run from the scourge of death. That harbours guts as high as Everest. We need the kingdom of darkness to recognise and notice that we came. A shape-shifter generation that can enter into fortified camps and cause a rumble in it's jungles. That hates evil with passion and will not stand for compromise or accommodate it's cohorts. That generation is here. The spirit beckons us to deliver our heart as offerings to the father and watch the Spirit ignite an intense fire that can turn the world upside down. 

"And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;" (Acts 17:6)

On this premise and only on it alone can the kingdom come. 

The question now is ...what did you do with your fire??? May the flax in our hearts that has been quenched hitherto recieve a fresh touch now. A charging that only the father of Spirits can give. 

The isles await his Law! Come and let's be doing.  

Shalom!