David Diga Hernandez - How to Restart and Keep the Fire of the Holy Spirit

Hello, this is David Diga Hernandez, and you’re watching Spiritual Cheer on the Encounter TV Network. Do you feel as though you’ve lost the fire of God in your life? I want to talk to you. If you feel as though everything in your spiritual life is now going cold, perhaps there was once a prayer life. Perhaps there was once a devotion to the Word of God. Perhaps there was once a passion to win the lost, and maybe now you’re in a place where you’re just wondering how you can get back to the place of your first love—how you can reignite the fire of the Holy Ghost in your life. Well, I want to talk to you, and I truly believe that God wants to rekindle that flame, and He’ll help you keep it this time.

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So, I want to talk to you if you feel as though the fire has gone out in your life. Perhaps you feel that first love is no longer there, as if your passion is gone, like you’ve grown cold and apathetic toward the things of God. Even if you don’t find yourself in that place, it’s still important that you hear this, because these truths can still be applied to your life to not only bring the fire back and cause it to burn brighter, but they will also help you keep the fire burning so that the flame never goes out. Whether you’re the person who senses that fire has gone or the one who senses that fire is burning, these truths are important for you to know so that you can continue to walk in the fire of God or reignite it in your life. I truly enjoy these moments we share together. I feel as though I’m talking to you one-on-one, like I’m your brother in Christ, encouraging you and praying for you. In these moments, I want you to let everything else go and focus on what the Holy Spirit is speaking to you through this program.

Talking about being a keeper of the flame, keeping that fire burning, Leviticus chapter 6, beginning at verse 12, says this: «Meanwhile, the fire on the altar must be kept burning; it must never go out. Each morning, the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. He will then burn the fat of the peace offerings on it.» Remember, the Lord emphasizes here: remember the fire must be kept burning on the altar at all times; it must never go out. God is giving instructions to Moses and the Levitical priests, who are told that they are to keep the fire burning. That is the encouragement to you today: to keep the fire burning.

Now, Stephen Moctezuma and I were visiting Tulsa, Oklahoma, and we stopped by Oral Roberts University. When I was on campus, I was given a tour. I looked around and noticed symbolism everywhere; they really put a lot of spiritual thought into the construction of that university. You can truly sense the presence of the Holy Spirit as you walk on campus. It definitely was a university raised in the power of the Holy Spirit. Everywhere you look, there are scriptures and reminders of the power of God, as well as words of encouragement that stir your faith. It’s quite an enjoyable experience. But, one of the things I remembered most was what our tour guide pointed out to us when we first arrived. He pointed out this tower, and on the top of that tower was a flame. The tour guide told me that flame never went out. He said that, in every season, that flame is kept burning, and it is placed on top of a high tower so that the students can see it from almost anywhere on campus. As we walked around the campus, looking at all the other things it had to offer, we would, from time to time, look back up and see the fire burning in the sky, the flame kept going. I thought that was such a powerful reminder of the fire of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

God truly has given us a gift when He granted us the fire of the Holy Spirit. The fire of the Holy Spirit is your passion for God; it is holiness. The fire of the Holy Spirit is a zeal for the spiritual truths that God has deposited in our lives. The fire of the Holy Spirit is divine energy given to us so that we may carry out the will of God and please Him with lives lived for His glory. Therefore, we must be people who guard the fire. We must not let anything blow that fire out; whether it be the negative voices of those who would criticize us or those who love us and think they’re speaking well for us in trying to encourage us to move away from the things of God. We must guard it from sin. We must keep our purity in place, maintain our reverence for the Holy Spirit, and live a life of continual sacrifice and selflessness so that the fire can continue to burn. We must keep the fire, for we are the keepers of the flame; we are the keepers of the fire of the Holy Ghost.

When you find your fire dwindling, there’s something you can do to keep it burning. I’m going to show it to you. Let’s look again at verse 12. This is a powerful truth. The scripture says, «While the fire on the altar must be kept burning, it must never go out.» There’s the command. Each morning—now here’s how to do it—the priest will add fresh wood to the fire and arrange the burnt offering on it. Now, wood in the Old Testament can symbolize humanity or the things of this earth. So, wood is a symbol of our lives. Wood symbolizes what we offer to God. The Lord told the priests to put fresh wood on the altar every morning to keep the fire burning. If a fire does not have something to consume, the fire will begin to go out. So, if you sense the fire of the Holy Spirit beginning to dwindle in your life, my question to you is: what are you withholding?