"Let me tell you what I try to do. Imagine that you're looking at a
candle. What you're really seeing is a lump of wax with a thread down
its middle. So when do the thread and wax become a candle? Or, in other
words, when do they fulfill the purpose for which they were created?
When you put a flame to the thread, then the candle becomes a candle.
"The wax is the body, and the wick the soul. Ignite the soul with the fire of Torah and a person will then fulfill the purpose for which he or she was created. And that is what I try to do -- to ignite the soul of our people with the fire of Torah."
"My candle," I asked, "has the Rebbe lit it?"
"I have given you the match," he said. "Only you can light your candle."
"The wax is the body, and the wick the soul. Ignite the soul with the fire of Torah and a person will then fulfill the purpose for which he or she was created. And that is what I try to do -- to ignite the soul of our people with the fire of Torah."
"My candle," I asked, "has the Rebbe lit it?"
"I have given you the match," he said. "Only you can light your candle."
— From a conversation between the Lubavitcher Rebbe and Yehudah Avner
Let us make certain that we light the fire in our souls for God...let us be willing to be used in whatever manner it is He wishes. Let us study His Word, be so on fire for Him that He is all we ever want to talk about.
Considering 1 Cor 12.4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. 5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. 6 There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.NIV
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, 10 to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,[a] and to still another the interpretation of tongues.[b] 11 All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.NIV
The fire lit within us charges is forward to use whatever gift it is that God has given us through His Spirit. If we work hard on stamping out the fire within us, focusing on worldly things and worse of all, ourselves, we will begin to feel that dull feeling of being without God. We are again running in the wrong direction, seeking our own way and our own wondrous self.
Make sure to keep the fire in your spirit strong...for there is nothing worse than a dead spirit, a cold and empty fireplace in an abandoned house, leaking in the rainstorms that life sends.
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