Deuteronomy 4:24 "For the Lord is a consuming fire; a jealous God"

I always remember the times just before winter in the African bush, we use to create fire breaks on the borders of the wild life camps. These firebreaks had a duel purpose, one was to stop small fires from spreading to other camps, but also to create a burn zone. These burn zones allowed us to actually light fires on the edge of the camp in times when high winds drove fires into a frenzy. These burns would then allow us to fight fire with fire. Thus saving wildlife and grazing savanna.

In todays life we are surrounded on every side by the super heated flames of modern day culture.

How do we fight this? - We set our own spiritual fire, our own pre-burn. - As the fire of our devotion to Christ begins to burn, our God who is a consuming fire , burns brighter and stronger than the flames of this fallen world.

We fight fire with fire !!

Psalm 1 - stages it for us,

1 Blessed is the man
    Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
    Nor stands in the path of sinners,
    Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
    And in His law he meditates day and night.
3 He shall be like a tree
    Planted by the rivers of water,
    That brings forth its fruit in its season,
    Whose leaf also shall not wither;  And whatever he does shall prosper.