Priscilla Shirer: It is time to rely on the Holy Spirit and and not to ‘manufacture’ fire of God

1 de April de 2020

On Wednesday, evangelist Priscilla Shirer participated in a 10-hour livestream event called “Leader Check In”. PULSE and Year of the Bible founder Nick Hall hosted the event.

During her participation, the author explained that what is happening is a direct message to what Christians must really do and it is letting God do his part.

To illustrate her point, Shirer talked about about personal experiences and quoted 1 Kings 18:21-24.

The evangelist believes that ministers have to stop trying to manufacture the fire of God by using production “gimmicks” that some of them use in their modern churches; instead, they have to start to rely more on the Holy Spirit.

“We’re supposed to do our part but not step into the margin — that’s supposed to be God’s part. It’s the Spirit’s part to light the fire, the anointing, the favor that will be required for every single one of our churches’ streams to be effective in the lives of people. That they reach all over the globe on this coming Sunday, when for the first time, definitely in my lifetime, maybe in history, that as many people have been reached on Easter Sunday as will be reached this Easter,” Shirer explained.

She said prophet Elijah understood that his part was to provide the sacrifice and God’s who provides the fire. Because that fire is what humanity needs in order to have a real change.

“What that means is, is that it’s gonna have some fire on it. And it can’t be a fire that we have manufactured in our own humanity. Emotionalism is not gonna cut it, promotion is not going to cut it. All the gimmicks and the stories and the emotionalism, the veneer of actually having an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ,” Shirer added.

“The charisma, the talent, all that stuff that may have been able to carry us in front of a crowd, now that we’ve been stripped down, one of the things that I believe the Lord is inviting us back to is this reminder that we’re supposed to present ourselves, a living sacrifice to Him. That we give Him our best. That we study to show ourselves approved, that we walk in integrity, and in characters as leaders in the body of Christ. That we continue to cultivate an actual real-life friendship with God that doesn’t need an audience to sustain it.”

Shirer emphasized that during one-on-one time with God is when everyone gets the ability to “resist the urge to do what we humans have a hard time resisting the urge to do. We refuse to manufacture our own fire. We refuse to try to set a flame for the part of our ministry that is supposed to be reserved for God and God alone.”

“Only He can make the heart of a human be penetrated by the message of the Good News. Only the Holy Spirit can open blind spiritual eyes so that they can actually come to know, this Easter, that it’s not about emotionalism, and it’s not about the gimmicks and it’s not about the fog machines and the spotlights and the HD screens in our churches. It’s not about the cappuccino maker that we might have in a cafe nearby. It’s not about the kids’ ministry or the great parking lot, and all the things that we can enjoy,” she said.

“There’s no problem with enjoying any of those things. But unfortunately, we can become dependent upon them. Until we don’t even recognize the fact that we’re not even depending on God to light the fire anymore because we’ve gotten so used to the crutches of our conveniences.”

She ended by encouraging leaders worldwide that as the “Lord has stripped all of us down” to not try and “manufacture what He is now inviting you to let Him light an ignite in your life.”

“By the way, can I just say, just in case you’re wondering what that fire represents. It is the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit. Now more than ever, y’all will need a relationship with the Holy Spirit of God.”

“If you have never nurtured a fervent and consistent relationship with the Spirit of God, I’m telling you now is the time.” Shirer concluded.