The premise for fire is always sacrifice. I have often asked for the fire of God to fall but without understanding the need for a sacrifice to be “offered”. So the first question is; “what is sacrifice?”.
Sacrifice can take many forms, in the old testament it was an animal, grain, bread, oil, drink or money but whatever the sacrifice, it always cost something, it was never free. We see God reprimanding Israel for offering lame lambs or “damaged goods” that they would not dare offer their own human governors. So cost reflects the value that we place on something but also the value we place on the person we are making the offering to. Sacrificing to God is honouring Him for who he is.
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