Wild Fire

Wild fire is a raging fire that travels and spreads rapidly. It is without design or purpose but simply to consume all that is within its path. We are seeing similar activity in many of our churches today. There is a rapidly increasing desire to do away with the old and bring in the new. Unfortunately there is very little effort to offset this trend as many are consumed by its influence without awareness of any harm being done.

We are further seeing a laxity in the church in the keeping of God's Word as those who abuse it attempt to justify it by their own interpretation to suit their fancy. It is not only within the church, the spreading of this wild fire, but our nation as well, as it tosses away the concepts and design of our forefathers to set its own course and destiny. We are living in a self-designing world of impulse that is rapidly bringing judgment. Scripture records that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of a living God (Hebrews 10:11) but His people continue to flirt with their destiny.

The Church is Attempting to Bury the Past

The church is attempting to bury the past rather than to revive it. There is less of a desire towards separation from the world than ever before, because the church is no longer being taught such a concept but instead to embrace the ways of the world. There is less respect for the house of God as it becomes more of a social gathering place than a house of prayer, worship, and respect. It now bears all the niceties of the world with little regard for the power of God in its midst. It has divorced itself from the power and demonstration of His Spirit through the spreading of wild fire.
We are seeing a laxity towards drawing near to the Lord in these last days, a laxity in attendance, a laxity in worship, though a form of worship does exit, which is often motivated by man rather than a heart-felt, heart-rendering worship that exalts the God of our creation. God moves in response to genuine worship and reveals Himself in a way that is often beyond human understanding.
Secondary Shoots Have Sprung Forth
Oftentimes there is a secondary shoot that arises from the base of a tree trunk or from the lower part of some scrubs. It is imperative that they be removed as soon as possible because they will draw away nourishment from the true branches and cause a lack of growth. It is the same with the church if these shoots are allowed to co-exist. We are seeing these secondary shoots seemingly prospering but they are as wild fire that travels and spreads rapidly consuming what formerly existed. Unless resistance is offered, to detour their destructive path, much damage can be done in a relatively short period of time. Many see these secondary shoots seemingly being blessed and feel it is OK to follow their destructive ways.
Serving Other Gods
Why do many believe that serving other gods will not beckon God's chastening hand, or that of His judgment, on a land, church, or individual who is so deceived? Has He not already sent His watchmen to sound the alarm, to blow the trumpet, but many would rather hear smooth flowery words of deception, that are easy to live by, than walk in the precepts of God's holy word. The apostle Paul told Timothy, a young evangelist, to preach the word; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth (2 Timothy 4:2-4).
Abraham Lincoln Sounded the Alarm
Many years ago, Abraham Lincoln, an America President, sounded the alarm in saying, "We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these things were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us."
His message is no less needful than it was then. Is one allowing wild fire to prevail, to consume all within its path, rather than taking a stand for the truth of God's Word, as a nation, a church, or an individual?