Keep the Fire Burning Tribe 2025-04-06 Automatically transcribed. Where this and the recording disagree, the recording is the record. ---- Welcome to Tribe's podcast. Hey, we just wanna say thank you for making this message a part of your week. Our prayer is that these messages will inspire you to make the name of Jesus famous in your life and to the uttermost bounds of the earth. If you're ever in Jackson Hole, we'd love for you to visit our Tribe fam in person. To learn more about us, you can find us online or at Facebook by searching tribejh.com. Welcome to Tribe's podcast. Hey, we just wanna say thank you for making this message a part of your week. Our prayer is that these messages will inspire you to make the name of Jesus famous in your life and to the uttermost bounds of the earth. If you're ever in Jackson Hole, we'd love for you to visit our tribe fam in person. To learn more about us, you can find us online or at Facebook by searching tribejh.com. If any of you were gone and out in a way for spring break, don't worry, we're still in the book of Leviticus. Good answer. And today is probably going to be our last week in the book of Leviticus. Take your cues from Amanda. So we've been in the book of Leviticus for quite some time. And this week, I'm pretty sure, not absolutely sure, but I'm pretty sure this will be the last week that we're in the book of And this week, our conversation is going to revolve around a passage in Leviticus that's been in your Bible this whole time, but you might not have seen it before and or seen what the Lord has for us in the midst of this passage. And so we're not going to go back and review all of the weeks. But what I thought I would do was just talk about the last two weeks by way of quick review before we get into today's content. And as you know, we've been in a series that we're calling two men enter, one man leaves. And the idea is that when we step into the arena of our will, somebody's going to live and somebody's going to die. And the idea is that Jesus invites us to lay down our life and to surrender our will so that he can, as you've heard me say so many times, be the boss of our life, be the leader of our life. And back in maybe like my parents generation, people would say, well, yes, but is Jesus your personal Lord and savior? And that resonated with that generation. To me, if I hear that, that kind of throws me off like, ew, is Jesus your personal Lord? And said, it's theologically very accurate. I don't know which one. But I'm like, ew, why do you have to say it like that? But for me, I really resonate with the idea, the concept of is Jesus the boss of your life? Is Jesus the leader of your life? Well, yes, he's my savior, but I'm, I lead my own life. Well, he might be your savior, but is he the leader of your life? And so this series of conversations that we've been in called two men enter, one man leaves. There is a beautiful invitation for us as we step into the combat arena of our will to lay our life down and die so that he gets to live his life through us. And there was an entire book of the Bible dedicated and devoted to this idea of dying and sacrifice. And it's the Old Testament book of Leviticus. And maybe you've skimmed through Leviticus before, maybe you've like tried to like soldier your way through as you're like trying to read the Bible in a year and you're like, why am I reading all this old tims? There's a lot of bodily fluids, there's a lot of blood and there's a lot of animal parts being thrown about. Well, as we have endeavored to discuss, to be able to see the beauty of the book of Leviticus as a divine blueprint for the great links that God will go through in order to create the avenue for us to have right relationship with Him. Yeah. So we've been talking about the sacrifices. And last two weeks we have talked specifically, we've kind of drilled down into two specific sacrifices. One of the sacrifices was called a free will offering. And there are some interesting conditions in which a person would make that sacrifice. And then there are some interesting stipulations about that sacrifice. So by way of review, if you can jog your memory, the free will sacrifice was what would the occasion be for a free will sacrifice? What circumstances may occur where you would bring a free will sacrifice? Baby being born? A baby being born. Yes. Quite sure. Yes. Yes. This is an example. What else? What's the idea behind it? Celebrating a great harvest. There you go. Celebrating could be the first of your crop. It could be the last of your crop. It could be the birth of a baby. It could be a wedding. It could be a fulfilled vow. It could be a fulfilled promise from the Lord. I want to celebrate and praise the Lord. So I bring a free will offering to the tent to be sacrificed by the priest. Now, what was the interesting condition about that sacrifice? You had to share it. And does it say this sacrifice must be shared? It doesn't say that. What does it say? The whole thing must be eaten in one day. Now we're not talking about like a little turtledove. We're not talking about like a guinea pig, some chicken wings. Okay, I could maybe eat that. This is bull, ram, heifer, a huge animal. What is the only way that the stipulation of the entire sacrifice must be eaten in one day? How can that happen? Party. Party. There you go. There you go. So you bring your sacrifice to the Lord. The animal is killed. Some of the blood is sprinkled on the altar. And the stipulation is that entire animal must be consumed by the person who brought it in one day. And the only way to eat an entire cow is with a lot of help. Yeah. And the takeaway, the idea is that the goodness of God is intended to be shared in community. The goodness of God is intended to be shared in community. Had God done something great for you in your life and in your heart? In Leviticus, can read, you gotta tell people all about it. So one type of sacrifice, the animal was sacrificed, small portion given to the priest. But the idea is you gotta take that animal and eat it. And then last week, wait, there you go. Then last week we talked about a different kind of sacrifice and what was noteworthy or interesting about that sacrifice? The whole thing had to be burned up. The whole thing had to be burned up. Interesting. Sometimes you bring an animal and you get like to take it home. You to cook some. Different type of sacrifice, the whole thing goes on the altar. And what's the takeaway for us about that type of sacrifice? It's called an Olah offering. That's the Hebrew word Olah. What's the idea behind that sacrifice? It is never a waste to give God your very best. And he asks for all of us. Yes, for all of us. So you've heard preachers from this stage talk about bringing the Lord your cares and your burdens and cast them at the foot of the cross. The Lord loves you just the way you are. You can bring him your pain. You can bring him your loneliness. You can bring him your sorrow. All of that is true. But here's what we tend to do as people. We tend to hold on to the very best of our bandwidth, the very best of our emotional available RAM on our hard drive. And we devoted to all kinds of other things. We take the best we keep and hold on to the best of our free time. And then like, well, I had to get up early this morning for this thing. And I'll get around to talking with the Lord like this afternoon or this evening as I'm laying my head on the pillow. And if you do that in the evening, well, that's fine. That's fine. But when we give God the leftovers, we're completely missing the point behind the Allah offering. Because the Bible says in that what we talked about last week, that we're to take the first from our herd, the very best from our flocks and give the entire thing. When that entire animal is laid on the altar, how much of it can you use for other things later? None of it. It's all consumed. So the Allah offering is Lord, I give you all of me and the very best of me. I was thinking in that culture we live in today, it's just like self care. It's like it becoming a God, the divine God. And absolutely, it's okay to cheer for yourself, I would just encourage folks like seeking the Holy Spirit's balance of where you are taking care of yourself, but you're not putting yourself first, because that's the message of the borrowed experience. You first, you first, and it's beautiful, like you feel like your tank thief can give to others, like there is truth in that. But if you're a believer and you get so important to just ask the Holy Spirit, like where's the bow of that? Because if we are giving ourselves to God, he's gonna take care of us. If we give all of our everything, like the flies that she'll put the conchants where you can do natural thing to care for yourself or whatever. So yeah, it's just it's the message of the world and it's a trick of the enemy. Oh, Self care. Self care. You first, you first. So just be younger. Yeah. It's a tricky job. That's really good. Tricky. Watch out for that toot and try. And so, yep. I also believe we're in a culture too where we're because of the self care thing we do talking to be you. And I remember the equal Christianity, like talking about going to a denominational church and I'm not beginning a denominational church, the reason that she cherished within her word, she was sleeping. The TV, and I can go to church, I can do the things, I can check off the lid of the TV, and it's true that church has never required any laying down of the life. You know, we let it That leads to the talker, and if you stand spiritually, you die. Spiritually, you die. That's good. This week, let's turn for the last time, at least for now, to the book of Leviticus chapter six. We're going to read a passage together and unpack it together. And yes, things will be asked of you today in this service. Leviticus chapter six verse eight through 13. Why don't we take turns reading this? Well, you can, well, I bet one person can read the whole thing. Leviticus chapter six verse eight through 13. Whoever would like to read that, go for it. Thus the Lord spoke to Moses saying, man Aaron and his son saying, this is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain on the hearth that is on the altar all night until morning, and the fires to be kept burning on the altar. The priest is to put on his linen robe with his linen undergarment back to his body. Then he shall take up the ashes of the burnt offering, which the fire has consumed on the altar and put them beside the altar. Then he shall take off his garments and put on something else and take the action outside the camp to a ceremonially clean slate. The fire on the altar shall be kept burning, it shall not be allowed to go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and he shall arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat portions of the peace offering up in the smoke on it. The fire shall be burning continually on the altar. It shall not be allowed to go out. Okay. If you're taking notes this morning, at the top of your notes, you can write the title of our conversation, Keep the Fire Burning. So, as we dig deeper into the Leviticus chapter six, verse eight through 13. I always say this, but I love this. Here's what I'm asking of you. Look at this passage, consider it, examine it. And I would love to hear from you what details or observations do you see in this passage? We don't need to jump to like like spiritual things or connections. Right now we're just looking for, this kind of stands out to me. I'll never forget when Lisa and I first went to, we took our kids to The Bahamas for spring break and we were sea kayak camping and we go from beach to beach. And some of these white beaches had every now and then you would find a sand dollar and Selah love looking for these little sand dollars on the beach but the sand dollars were the same color as the beach sand. So she would walk along and look and her eyes are looking and looking and every now and then she would reach down and all it was just a clump of sand. But every now and then she would kick the sand away and find the sand dollar and it was a special little treasure to her. And in a similar way, there are all kinds of amazing treasures in God's word, but we have to be looking with careful eyes. And what do we look for? We look for what's something interesting that stands out. Just like Selah along the beach. Oh, hey, something caught my eye. I'm gonna bend down and investigate it. It might it might be nothing, but it might be a treasure. So what are some details or observations that you have about this passage? What do you see? Like the wooden stand out to me, you could see burning stuff and the water put on me. It's pure white leather. And I'm sitting there going, why not? That's gonna be true. Yeah. And so I can imagine to do it all during the Yes. I don't know, do something interesting without that. So I have always kind of skipped over that sentence or two. Normally when we talk about observations like, yes, interesting observation. But I do wanna address that one just briefly. In going the time that we've spent in Leviticus, I am, I have learned that God told Moses to have undergarments made and then the uniform goes on top of that. The undergarments are made out of linen, you stay cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And the idea is the priest gets up in the morning. He gets dressed to go on duty. He puts on the linen undergarments and then his uniform. And his uniform has like a turban and a sash and a thing and that stuff and the jingle bells on the hem of his garment, things like that. Then he goes into work. And the first thing that he has to do is take off his priestly garments so that his underclothes, his, the linen undergarments are there. Then he's doing the work, shoveling out the ashes and doing the thing, put them in a bucket or whatever, transporting them to a place outside of the camp. Then he come Well, no. He takes out the ashes. Then he puts it back on his priestly garments and then goes and does with the ashes. But there is something interesting about showing up in your uniform, undergarments back into the uniform. That is an interesting detail. What else do you see? I would actually highlight it to the linen clothing as well. And I think about linen, linen represented absolutely purity and righteousness. And me, it's like, okay, the priest come covered in absolutely purity and righteousness, but then he rung into the ashes. Know it can make heaven. City. It was light as snow and now we need not. Yeah. I don't know. I just thought for that to be true. So, Hudson, I have a slide with that Leviticus scroll podcast. Yeah. If you haven't either gone to this website or download the app by the project. And when you go through the Leviticus scroll, I think it's 10 episodes. They talk about the linen undergarments and how when you put together the entire picture of what was visually happening in the tabernacle, There are pomegranates, there are day trees embroidered on there. There's a big washbasin, fresh water there. There's the presence of the Lord with the fire and the smoke. There are cherubim on the ark. There are the idea through visually and smelling the incense. The idea is it's a picture of going back to the garden. And part of going back to the garden was the Bible says in the book of Genesis that in the cool of the evening, the Lord would come down and walk with Adam. And in the podcast, they talk about how linen undergarments keep you cool in the summer and warm in the winter. And it's this idea of being dressed in in the climate of Eden. Pretty cool. Okay. We used to use this territory enactment, like culinary, and they told us where we were making our costume, could only use linen, linen or wool. And the reason for women working with the fire was those two fabrics don't burn and they don't melt your skin, they'll mold her, but you won't get burned if laying for a sparkle. With every head bowed, every eye closed. That's good. Do you have to read them this, Which is obviously at every single passenger's day, but just how detailed the instructions are. Yeah. Yeah. Like the minutiae of it. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Let's look at a specific detail, this idea of, keeping the fire burning among our group of friends. We often talk about, like, passages that stand out to us or life verses or how does the Lord speak to us? And Amanda had shared before that one of the ways that she knows the Lord is trying to get her attention is through the idea of repetition. So she sees it like everywhere she turns like, okay, Lord, you're trying to tell me something. And we can use that same investigative technique when looking at scripture. God, you there's something here because I've seen this repeated more than once. So what is repeated here several times? What idea or theme or concept or instruction? There you go. Thus, the title of our conversation this morning, keep the fire burning. How many times in these few verses does the Lord remind us of that? Give that instruction. How many times can you count? Three times. Three times. I think at the nine, somebody came up with the fourth. Perfect. At least three. I'd say four, but you better be it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. So something about keeping the fire burning is really important. Now, if you in your backyard had an altar of uncut stones, keep in a pile that you regularly, daily, killed an animal, splashed its blood and then burned it on that pile of rocks every day. This would be very helpful. This is how we do it. The daily burnt offering, here's how it happens. How many of you do that in your backyard? I would assume your backyard and maybe not your front yard because that's gonna be a little bit weird, but maybe it's in your front yard. How many of you do that in your front yard or in your backyard? None of us do that. We don't do that. You'd get, especially here in this town. You'd get called out so fast. Your HOA would really your HOA would be really mad and the town of Jackson would have to gather on the town square again for that. But what does this have to do with us now? That's the real trick. That's where the meat, if you will, of Leviticus comes into sharp focus. Yes, this was written to Israelites and priests for that day, but it is for us. It was written to them, but it is for us today. So, what does the Lord have for us today in this particular passage of Leviticus? That's where we're going to really drill down into it. You see, keeping the fire burning or the fire on the altar is a metaphor for our relationship with the Lord. Maybe that's like, well, mindblood. Or maybe you're like, yeah, I get it. Fire on the altar is a metaphor for our relationship with the Lord. That's the key that unlocks these few verses here. We're gonna go through and look at this. Question, whose job is it to keep the fire burning on the altar? God's job? Our job? That's our job. Our job. And you were like, you're pointing to yourself. How do you know that to be true, Bethany? It was the instruction. Okay. That's correct. Keep the fire burning. Simple. It's so simple and so many Christians miss it. But I can see how you could miss the translation from the old from the law where it's the priest job. You could forget that we are now the priest and think, oh, it's the pastor's job. No. Feed me. To keep the fire. I wear myself out. Keeping all your fires going. Quits the that'd be a bummer. Oh, yeah. Because I I had to tell you real quick. Except we were about to, if you only call me, you didn't get spun out. That's pretty clear, isn't it? Stay hot, keep fire burning. Stay hot, keep the fire burning. You're going to get spat You're get spat out. Right? It's not good. I've been there. It's not a good place. You will suffer loss. So here's the instruction, keep the fire burning. So many of us, if you've been walking with the Lord for a while, you can remember a time or a season or an event or a moment that was very impactful to you. You know, young life camp, FCA camp, a conference, some, you know, worship concert that you went to. Mission trip. A mission trip. Some life changing sermon that you hear weekly or something, you know, just something. And you're like, Like, from wow, that was so, so amazing. And you feel like you're on this high and you come back from student camp or from the mission trip, Manlyssa and I have led lots of mission trips with teenagers and high school students over their years. We've been to New Orleans after the hurricane, Hindi after the earthquake, The Dominican Republic, Panama, Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Kenya. Egypt, yes. These various places around the world. And when students come back from these mission trips, they're like, you know, they're just so fired up. And when they were, what? You do that like an They're just so fired up. Up in the high school with Bibles and Oh yeah. On tables. Yep, yep, yep. And so, you watch them and you see this fire be ignited in their heart. And then when they come back from that event or that camp or, you know, it's like week one, they're like, week two, they're like, you know, by like month three, they're like, and like, oh, when is, when's our next mission trip? Or when's our next conference that we can go to? Or even for us, maybe on a weekly basis, you know, we come dragging our sorry butts into the weekend and we're like, oh, come crawling into church like, oh, I gotta like have that fire restocked. And this passage tells us very, very clearly whose responsibility is it to maintain the fire? Ours. And how do you do it? I mean we heat our hollow bars with weight. Now that means you have to plan. You try it, it's available. Yes. So it's not just a matter of detachable, keep the fire, well how do you keep the fire? Well he tells us. Us. He to be a priority for You have to get cold. Yes, yes. I will speak to her if you don't keep her house. Oh, yes, you will. Go get some wood. So listen, so many, especially young Christians think that it is God's job to keep the fire burning. If not, many Christians think that it's their youth pastor's job to keep the fire burning or their pastor's job. He better blame the heat this week. Boy, I've had a rough one and I need that word of God. You might need it. That's great. But I also will say this, many well intentioned pastors because they have a heart to shepherd the flock. They pick it upon themselves to maintain the fire of the sheep. And that is a tough beast to have to continue to feed. I better come up with more catchphrases. I better come up with more clever things. And now we need skits and now we need props and now we need special effects. I've been to what? Smoke machines and haters in like We've done that. And we've done that. And angels coming in on the wires and things. Let me like, let me keep your fire going like, oh, they mean well. But it sets a person up For failure. For failure because they think it's the job of their pastor or that podcast that they keep listening to or that author like Wendy coming out with another book. The Bible is super, super clear. It is your job to maintain the fire. Question, Who sends the fire? God. Are you sure? Leviticus chapter nine. This is not on the the notes, but look at Leviticus chapter nine and would somebody read verses twenty three and twenty four out loud. And here's the backdrop. God has given these instructions to Moses. Hey, have Aaron, just like you mentioned a moment ago, Janine, with the detail, have the priest dress in this kind of manner, have the tent of meeting decorated this way, set up this way, put this here. And all of the instructions have been carried out by Moses faithfully. The nation of Israel is a symbol there. It is now time to consummate or institute or start the sacrificial system. And here's the moment of events unfolding. Leviticus chapter nine, would somebody just read out loud verses twenty three and twenty four. Leviticus nine. Then Moses and Mary went into the Tabernacle. When they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community. Fires blazed void from the Lord's presence and consumed the birds' offering and the staff on the When the people plotted, they shuddered with joy. We felt they laid down the bread. God will send the fire of a passionate love relationship with him. He will send the fire. How many of you ever were like, you know, I'm kind of a sinner. I should like get saved and that's what I'm gonna do. No, the Lord, well, I came to you, revealed Himself to you, showed you, you know, like, save me, please help. And he's like, I got you. God will send the fire of a passionate love relationship with him. But whose job is it to maintain that fire? Ours. Ours. Now, this is what Ian was getting at just a moment ago. How we do that? How we do that? Well, we gotta keep reading. So not only this is the first and foremost, it's our job to keep the fire burning, but here's the second thing. He says the fire has to be burning on the altar how long? All night. All night. It says right here all night. Then the next thing that happens in the morning is what? You have to take out the ashes of yesterday. Every morning, you have to take out the ashes of yesterday. When you've messed up, when you've blown it, when you've fallen flat on your face, when you've given in to temptation or fear. The Bible says that his mercies are new. How often? Every morning. Done. So you come to him in the morning, messed up, blown it. Help me, Lord. Let's just The Bible says in first John one:nine, If we confess our sin, be faithful and just to forgive us of our sin and forgive us of all unrighteousness. So we can have that right standing with him again every morning. Let go of our fears and failures, our pain. But that's only one side of the coin. There's another side to that exact same coin. Taking out the ashes of yesterday's failures and the ashes of yesterday's what? Sacrifice. Sacrifice. Taking out the ashes of yesterday's victories, triumphs, wins. Because. It's one thing to be like I've messed up and I've blown it. Can I have another chance today? And he's like, I got you. But what happens when we come back from that camp, that speaker, whatever, the mission trip. And we're like, well, that was awesome yesterday. Wow, that was awesome two days ago. How many have ever been the first up at camp and tried to build a fire the next morning when there's nothing but ashes in their campfire rig? Like, doesn't doesn't go so well. Great campfire last night, but what is it this morning? Ashes. Here's where a lot of Christians get stuck. They're trying to build today's fire on top of yesterday's ashes. And it never intended to be bad. Janet said it's at 9AM. She said that totally tracks with the nature and character of God to keep us in close relationship. They were just like the man. He had Euclidean to ask, they didn't keep. The man was beautiful from heaven, but he'd only lasted one day so that you had to go out and get new men. Every evening. Yeah. Evening. Mhmm. What does the Bible say? Ask on Saturday or Friday. Yeah. Does the Bible say? I ask not for riches or for wealth but for my daily bread. Jesus said, don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow got enough stuff of its own. Just worry about today. Today. Yesterday was amazing, Lord. Oh. And today I seek you fresh. Our leadership team, we do a lot of events and we've done a lot of events together as a leadership team. And some of those events go better than others. There are sometimes we get done with that and we're like, whew, I'm glad that's ashes. Let's shake the dust off our feet and move on. Won't tell you which events those were because you probably had a great time. Other events like we get done, we get done with Easter and people are getting saved and we're seeing faces that we haven't seen since Christmas. And there's just like, everybody's excited about Jesus and it's so great. And all of y'all go home and then our leadership team has left to clean up. Was amazing. That was incredible. Thank you, Lord so much. And now it is ashes. Ashes. It's just ashing. Bad stuff and the good stuff. Can I just introduce a little bit of complexity to this? Sure. Ian, I would expect you to do nothing less. And I, So when I come down in the morning in the stove, the store park and there's ash in there, you take the ash out but you leave the Gwene Embers and I get an incredible satisfaction from lighting the fire of our beers in a match. Oh yes, oh yes. I faced the growing cold Sunday, one blow on it, put two canning on. So it's not totally throw away everything till yesterday. Keep it You keep the company and what is it? Is it some smoldering wick? Yes, yes. A bruised reed or a smoldering wick will not smack down. Yeah, think that's Isaiah. And I think it's attention to manage too because we are called to remember. I mean, we're just saying, like remember what ideas. Bethany is lickin' it out. Build a, what's the finger of an Ebenezer, You know? It should work think about what he'd done to face the battles for tomorrow. But I think he would in that attention, manage. Keep that gold. Keep the gold and build on it. But if you didn't blow on that, that thing would go out as well. You know? You gotta keep that bikinin adding fuel, not just once a day. It's a continual. And That is my job when we camp. I'm gonna get start giving you my notes so that you don't preach ahead of me. That's my job on weekend. I get up super early and make sure I keep one ember and probably not. It's satisfying. You gotta get those ashes out of the way. Yep. Blow on it. See what's still Yes. So that's we talked about this at the 9AM also. Like, how are we supposed to take out the ashes of yesterday and celebrate pecky day? I'm pointing to our pecky door around the corner. How we do that? How do we take out the ashes of yesterday, but then celebrate pecky day? And remember, there's attention to manage. And like both of you just said, there's an anger there that we can build off of so that today's fire can be fresh. And here's another pitfall that many Christians fall into is they say, well, Lord, especially young people and students, Lord, I've seen that you've come through for my mom, for my dad, like, oh, you're gonna come through for me. And yes, but if you're relying on your parents to build today's fire for you, you're gonna be out of luck. If waiting or relying on, if you think that it's your pastor's job to build your fire, you're missing out. If your pastors have intentionally or unintentionally, either intentionally to feed their own ego and increase their platform or unintentionally because they love you so much, try to feed your fire or you're missing out as well. Fresh wood every day so that the Lord can lead you in new and unique ways. There's an example of David going to battle with the Philistines. And he says, Lord, will you give the Philistines into our hands? Will you deliver us? And God's like, yes. And I want you to attack straight on. Just ramming speed and hit them with everything you got. David's like, On it. And gets a great victory. A few pages later, he's fighting them again. David does not say, I'm gonna build today's battle plan off of yesterday's victory. It's a new battle. It's a new day. So he goes to the Lord and says, okay Lord, will you deliver the Philistines into our hands? And he goes, yes. But this time, wait for the rustling in the sound of the trees. And then I want you to outflank them. Come in from the side. And they were like, that's a good idea. Because who's coming in the trees? The angel armies marching above God. And so and so new days require new tactics and strategies. And it's only if we understand the concept of taking out yesterday's ashes. Do we have room in our life, in our heart for today's fresh fire? Now, he's been talking about this and talking about this and talking about this. Now, what do we do once the ashes have been removed? What do we do? What does it say? Right here. Every day, the priest will, after he takes out the ashes, what to say? That's right. You have to add fresh wood to the fire. Every day you have to add fresh wood to the fire. Now we could we talked about a lot of other things. And so to be fastidious with our time, the best way to add wood to the fire is right here. This thing right here, Not your pastor reading it to you, not Jay reading in a men's Bible study, but you getting into God's word for yourself. Taking out the ashes, adding fresh wood to the fire. Very simple equation. Little bit of wood yields what? Little fire. Now come on firefighter. A lot of wood. A lot of wood. Good to eat the clay. Equals a good fire. A lot of fuel is a lot to burn. Slow down on the back, please. Okay. We're getting close to lunch. Yeah. Yeah. That's funny. But the equation is so simple and it's so true. When you were at camp, when you were on the mission trip, you're doing devos every day and you're going to sessions and you're with your small group and you're getting into God's word and you're praying and you're talking and then you come back and you're like, that was so amazing and incredible. And you're trying to build today's fire on yesterday's ashes when there's so much fuel right here in front of you. I know you've heard me say it, but I always have to quote it. I love what you cooked up to make me look up. You said I could pick your brain if I just pick your book up. And ever since the day we hooked up life has been super fly like Jimmy Snoop out. I don't think anyone's heard you say that. Good. Just forget it. I know I said it. I can say it again. Say this all the time. Stop it. Love what you cooked up to make me look up. You said I could pick your brain if I just pick your book up. Adding small amount of wood equals small fire. A lot of wood, big fire. And then here's the last thing. Let's get there. What do you see before it goes up on the screen? You've been so good. Keeping up with me, Hux. The last sentence of verse 12. The shocker. We're in still in six. Yes. Never really left. Except for a little detour. Oh, guys were still in nine. All right. Okay, come on back. Chapter six, last sentence of verse 12. I'm writing on that of the fellowship offering. There you go. Look, we'll put it up on the screen here. You've gotta let the fat drip. You've gotta let the fat drip. Now let's, if you're like, what? Let's think in terms of making hamburgers on the grill. What happens when you take that spatula and mash it down on that hamburger patty? What what what, Leo? You're saying it. Fire flares up. Boo. Baker? But I haven't added necessarily any more wood, but the flames. So many individuals. Sacrifice feeds the fire. Sacrifice feeds the fire. So many individuals and even entire theological camps and denominations don't let the fat drip. I'm good with God the Father. God the Son, oh yeah. But the oil and the person and the ministry of the Holy Spirit, I'm not too sure. So you're saying fat is the Holy Spirit? Yes. Let the fat drip. It's the oil and the fat that's combustible that causes the flame to erupt. So many churches are like, we're good with God the Father, God the Son all day. And they're like, Holy Spirit. And even some would deny, they would acknowledge the person of the Holy Spirit, but deny His gifts and His ministry. Either because of incorrect demonic teaching that would misinterpretation of scripture, that would say the ministry of the Holy Spirit is not for today, but the work of the Holy Spirit ceased when the scriptures were canonized and now we have the perfect, which is the Bible. And therefore we don't need the ministry of the Holy Spirit, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the expression of the Holy Spirit. And they do see it, they're like, that's fake. And they poo poo it. Or folks that just might not know about the person in ministry of the Holy Spirit. And out of ignorance, they don't let the fat drip. You run the risk of, wha? Better be wearing linen and wool. But as long as you're wearing linen and wool. You know when I see that in a practical, because I've heard you, obviously we've talked about this a lot, maybe. But I'm just, it's like coming in a really practical way for me. So you get up, let's say practical thing is like, okay, fresh, weird day. I come over my Bible, like reading Dear Song, Song, The Founders. And I read it, I get something out of it, but then I just close the Bible and I just kind of go on and I skip a whole step of just sitting and saying, okay, Holy Spirit, what do you want to speak to me for today through this? And just be still. Did I just come with my request? Did I just come and go through these steps that I know I'm supposed to do as a good Christian, like opening my Bible reading already? But if I never actually sit and let the oil, the fat drip down, I'm missing a huge section of that relationship, like keeping the fire. And it doesn't behoove me because now I'm having to put more wood, more time and you know, rather than just sit with him as the fat just drips down, like what a gift. What a gift from the Lord to let the fat drip down. Like that's effortless. All we have to do is say, okay, I'm here. Just be still and just say, what do you want to speak to me? It for me. It's good. Jesus says, it's better for you that I go because when I go, I will send him the Holy Spirit and he will guide you into all truth. Did he actually say, I must go? Must. It's better for you. Yes. I must go. I must go. Good. The Holy Spirit leads us to Jesus, and Jesus will leave us to the Holy Spirit. So let's take a moment for a few minutes that we have left and let's let the fat drip. Just speak to our hearts. Holy Spirit, come and minister to us. Would that be all right if I pray for you? Third, please stand up. Lord Jesus, I command a blessing over each and every person here today. It's always as a sight that always blesses my heart to see folks who close their eyes and hold their hands out like they're receiving because Lord Jesus, I command a blessing over each and every person here. Lord, thank you for sending the fire and help us Lord to maintain that fire so that we burn brightly for you. And Lord, would you let the fat of the Holy Spirit drip all over our lives so that everything we do would make your name famous. We pray these things in Jesus name, the strong son of God. And everybody said, Amen. Amen. I love you so very much. I hope to see all y'all at Townsquare at five. Have a great week and remember, you got this.