“Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.” (Psalm 84:5)

There are times that the hunger of God inside does not seem to be burning as brightly as other times. In times like these I become hungry and desire a deeper revelation of my God.  

Over the last couple of weeks I was faced with a major ordeal in my family.  My infant son stopped breathing and certainly would have died if it were not for the intervention of modern medicine.

He was rushed to a country hospital after my wife noticed what he was going through.  A big city medical team was air lifted to the facility to work on him and resuscitate him enough to transport him to Ottawa where he was in Intensive Care for 8 days and then in another room for 4 more.

There is so much that you face spiritually during a time like this.  I believe that I would not be overstating things to say that I am a soul on fire for God.  I live my life trying to find the deeper things of the Spirit and to live within that realm.  My general desire is to stay within the place of the Spirit and to introduce others to a life of the supernatural.

But when the devil seems to wreak havoc, you are tempted for a time to consider another path for your life.

I remember a friend of mine who lived in revival until he experienced a tremendous set back in his health.  It frightened him so much that he backed away from having revival in his church.  I was dismayed when I learned that this is what he had done.  I believe it displeased God then and stopped revival from spreading in his region at a higher level.

A couple of nights ago I had a dream and I was preaching.  The anointing wasn’t that strong.  I don’t know if you have ever felt the anointing when you preach, but if you have, you know that it is sort of like the fuel that gets you to the end of what you are doing.  Without that fuel I don’t even want to stand up publicly to speak.

So in this dream I faced frustration as I spoke without anointing.

I don’t want to live a life without the fire of God in my heart.  I don’t want my ministry to lack it.  The only remedy is time in His presence and hearing His voice for my life and ministry.

If we allow fear to enter in because of the dangers that can come upon our families or our lives because of the anger of the devil toward us, then we are saying that we do not trust God adequately to take care of us in the face of persecution, trial and opposition.

We either trust God with all that is valuable to us and carry out His will, or we give up our journey into the fire of His presence and live a secondary life with no profound impact.

When I die I want it said, “There lies a man that changed the world as he found it.”  I want them to say: “There is a man that helped change my life for the better. Had I not met him, I would have never experienced the fire of God as I did.”

I want to be like Elijah.  I want to be like Peter, like St. Patrick, like St. Columba—all of whom faced the devils of their generations and fought their battles well.

Why? Because you and I know there is no life like it in all the world: a heart set on pilgrimage to the glory realm of God

I pray that this revelation will be a destiny-advancing word for you today.