Matthew 26:56
Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.
"Divine grace can make the coward brave. The smoking flax can flame forth like fire on the altar when the Lord wills it. These very apostles who were timid as hares, grew to be bold as lions after the Spirit had descended upon them, and even so the Holy Spirit can make my recreant spirit brave to confess my Lord and witness for his truth."
-- Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Morning and Evening
If we are brave, it is because God is blessing us. We are water-logged and the least likely to be set on fire, so rest assured, if you see us ablaze, God has done a great work in us. Elijah's altar was drenched to the dregs to demonstrate the clear dominion of God. If He could set that on fire, what couldn't He lick up with heavenly flame?
1 Kings 18:33-35, 38-39
And (Elijah) put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, "Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time." And they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time." And they did it a third time. And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water... Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, "The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God."
God demonstrates His divinity by turning us into His disciples. God can produce water from a rock because He can make water from nothing. He can light damp souls on fire because He made them in the first place. If He can make us out of nothing, He can make our death into our life and our dullness into His light.
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