When the prairie grasses became dry and parched, the whole prairie became kindling. Huge walls of flames rolled over acre after acre destroying everything in their path.
Wise frontiersmen prepared for this natural disaster by burning a band around their property and keeping foliage from growing in that area. Then, when they saw glistening flames on the horizon, they started fires outside that ring to move toward the inferno and safely away from their inner circle of life.
What a relevant illustration of spiritual protection!
If we do nothing to protect ourselves from poisonous teachings and worldly weeds surrounding us, we'll barely escape through the flames at the final judgment (1 Corinthians 3:11-15).
That's why we carefully, prayerfully, and wisely burn a band around our faith, getting rid of all the useless weeds of error and compromise.
Then, when the flames of Satan rage all around us, we will be able to fight fire with fire by aggressively rejecting greater errors and compromise, resting safely in the protection of God's Word and our Savior's love.
So let's pray about any weeds that might be negatively influencing our walk with the Lord and let's thank God for our "fire insurance" (Revelation 21:6-8).
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See 3 Ways to Protect Yourself from False Philosophies in the Church. To read more about this frontier method of fire protection: Prairie Fires.
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Wow, just today I was talking to someone who was so afraid for the world to end in a terrible way. I told her about Gods promise of a new heaven and earth and that we do not need to fera when we belong to Him!
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