YOU ARE WINNING NOW. | Leviticus 6:13
by Nikki Walton of CurlyNikki.com
“Let the fire on my altar never go out.” – Leviticus 6:13
In the Old Testament, the altar fire wasn’t man-made. It was God-made, first ignited by Him when He accepted Israel’s sacrifice. The priests were commanded to keep it burning day and night as a visible sign that God dwelt among them.
Today, the altar isn’t a stone platform found only in cathedrals and great basilicas; it’s your heart. And the flame that burns is the Holy Spirit. As you continue to read these words, feel It in your chest… growing brighter, burning stronger, becoming you.
It’s no longer contained in your chest, you are the Fire that’s reading these words.
It’s like you move from being the altar, to being aware of the Fire, to being the Fire.
I did 8 miles yesterday in 40-50 degree weather (cold to me haha), but I was a furnace… yes, thanks to my fashionable (and likely very flammable) athleisure, lol, but because I was conscious of this truth. My hands may have been cold, but my altar, the altar that I am was not.
The altar that you are, is not… even if you don’t feel lit today. Even if you feel dim… you had enough Light to come here, back to this place of fuel, back to this place to be fanned, to be reminded again that you’ve BEEN LIT… you’ve BEEN ON, whose gon’ take you off?
FAITH IS A FIGHT.
You’ve been fighting against the world- against family, friends, coworkers, your mind, the seeming reality… constantly battling. So many thoughts… strategies… a forever chess game and you always feel behind.
But faith is not that kind of fight. It’s not against ‘them’. It’s not against yourself. Faith is the fight to stay lit, to stay as The Holy Fire, no matter who is appearing… including yourself/your body.
I have to be LIT- even while Nikki appears to be dim, driving to get the kids. Does that make sense? There’s a Lit-ness that has nothing to do with Nikki… with the body or the mind… nothing at all to do with the story and what’s on scene.
The scene right now is hands typing, screen bright… characters on screen appearing one at a time… the sound of keys tapping, breathing, furnace humming… but there’s a LIT-ness behind it. A Lit-ness that is always (t)here even when this scene turns into the darkness behind closed eyes as this body sits for meditation… even as the scene re-shuffles itself into a road, cars, a body closer in, mine, driving, music, thoughts… and then re-shuffled, a classroom (I have to go present at my son’s school today), fluorescent lights, kiddos, white board, projector…
THE SCENES ARE ALWAYS CHANGING. The Crucifixion was a scene. But the Fire was there. This Lit-ness was there… in fact, It was unleashed and spread for all of us!
Can you hold the thread? The Hem? As the different scenes of life parade before you today… as consciousness takes different shapes today. Can you stay aware of and AS the Fire? I was aware of Nikki praying in tongues again last night. The more you’re aware, the less identified you are with what’s happening… the bigger the Holy Fire. The more flammable everything is around you. Everything catches. And you realize what everything is. And then everything comes.
You are winning now.
I love you,
nik
P.S. A quick prayer to stir the spirit and put you back out of the way- “Lord, reignite Your Fire in me. As me. Let every cold place in my heart melt in Your Presence. Let the flame of love never go out on this altar again.” – Your altar.
shout out @raskal_tv for the DM for the title quote! **
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