I made a fire and thought about Watch

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Watch ye. I have been thinking about this for a while. Back in June of 2012 I wrote a post on this very subject. You can read it here.

I confess, I don’t pray as much as I should. I’m not being humble, I know this is an area of weakness. But I have been impressed over this past year that I don’t know much about watching. And here it is again.

Tonight, I made a fire. When I sit by the fire I have time to think and meditate. Tonight I realized you have to watch a fire. You have to add more wood: sometimes small pieces, other times larger pieces. Sometimes you stir it up. Other times you move the wood around so it will burn better or more evenly. When a piece of wood falls off to the side, you put it back on the fire. While I enjoy the fire, the flames, the color, the warmth, I have to watch it to get the full benefit.

I thought, “Could this be what watch is like?” There are some comments in my earlier post along this very line. Watch ye. Be awake. Be alert. What do I need to pray for and about? What is God doing? Where is He working? What do I need Him to do? I need to meditate on this earlier post. Watching is important and I need to take heed and watch unto prayer. The Lord seems to be stressing this to me.

Lord, teach me to watch.

until the day dawn

until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts

I woke up this morning very early. So early it was still the middle of the night! I read a little from a couple chapters from two very serious books, drank some hot chocolate, finished my White Owl, and thought about what I wanted to do so early in my day.

I had several options. I chose to go out back and make a fire. It was a rather cold morning and the fire was hot. Nice.

When I went outside it was still dark. As I sat there the day began to dawn. What a cool morning this was. The colors in the clouds! Not red, not pink. I don’t even know the name of the color. I thought about running inside, getting the camera and taking a picture. Alas, my camera cannot quite capture these colors. So I just sat there and enjoyed it.

As the light increased more and more of the backyard was revealed. Slowly, the colors sharpened. I was sitting on the ground in order to be close to the fire, so the contours of the land came into focus. I have a nice backyard. The birds were singing. I’ve been in my backyard plenty of times, yet I was seeing it in a whole new light. It was awesome!

As I witnessed daybreak, I thought about this verse. This is what it’s like when the day dawns in your heart. Everything comes into focus. You see the details, the colors, the beauty of God’s creation. Everthing seems fresh and new. Amen. May the day dawn in my heart; may the Son rise and shine in me!

But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: