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====The Warrior's Prayer, #15====
        
        <p><em>At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire (Psalms 18:12) </em></p>
        <p>Our God is a consuming Fire. His Nature is that of fire. The flesh and the works of men are wood, hay, and straw. They are not of eternal quality. They cannot pass through the fire without being consumed. </p>
        <p>Throughout the centuries of civilization men have been attempting to deal with God, to evade God, to please God. Except for the times and places where "learning" has hindered our ability to perceive the Presence of God in the creation, people have recognized that the Person of God is the most significant issue of our existence. A human being apart from God is incomplete, being void of resources and of the purpose for his or her existence. </p>
        <p>We are clay. God and Christ and the Holy Spirit are Divine, eternal, holy Fire. They are God. We are the dust of the ground. We are dust and we shall return to the dust. </p>
        <p>If we should be brought into the fiery Presence of Almighty God we would be consumed. We are dust and yet we are proud, arrogant, ready to match wits and righteousness with our Maker. It is no wonder God laughs (Psalms 2:4). </p>
        <p>But when God ceases laughing He sends forth coals of fire from His Presence. These coals of fire consume all that has not been wrought in Himself. They bring Divine judgment on all wickedness. </p>
        <p>The eyes of the Lord Jesus are "as a flame of fire" (Revelation 1:14). As Christ walks among the churches on the earth He tests every one of our works. All that is not pleasing to Him is exposed and brought under judgment. We then must repent and forsake our wicked ways or else be chastened severely by the Lord. </p>
        <p>When one of God's warriors is attacked and cries out for deliverance, hailstones and coals of fire proceed from the Presence of the Lord. The enemies are beaten down by the hailstones. The coals of fire fall on that which is not pleasing to the Lord and sets it on fire. Every chain is broken. Every work of unrighteousness is destroyed. </p>
        <p>He who would deal with God must recognize that God is the consuming Fire and that the imaginations and works of human beings will be burned up. </p>
        <p>[[To be continued.'The Warrior's Prayer' 16]]</p>