Season 5: The Circle of Fire
Abba Speaks
Consumed by My Holy fire in the furnace of affliction, what is it that actually comes forth as pure gold? Purified, sanctified, made whole, set free from the bondage of flesh as the sacrifice is consumed by My Holy fire from Heaven.
Elijah bound up the sacrifice on the altar and flooded it with water and lightning or fire from heaven burned up the sacrifice and consumed it totally. There was nothing left, not even a cinder. So intense was the heat of My fire that it vaporized the troughs of water as well. The sacrifice was totally consumed by a supernatural visitation of My Spirit.
So in type it is with you that when you come to the place where you are ready to deal with sin and issues in your life, My fire will burn up all of the dross and sin in your life. The fire from Heaven represents a deep and permanent work of My Spirit distinct from confession and repentance, signifying a total and complete irrevocable work, clean, deep and thorough. My Spirit brings you to the altar and you dare not come in your own strength, for these times are not of your choosing but Mine. It is a time of death from which will spring forth new life and end a cycle that has had you bound.
An application of My divine power in a supernatural encounter that burns up that which hinders and stalls the deeper relationship from being forged. It is on the other side of the fire that you will be set free, it is from the ashes that I will create new life and bring forth the new and powerful thing in your life. It is a position that can only be attained by the process of the refining fire of My Spirit and just as the three stood in the midst of their refining fire, My Son Yashua (Jesus) will also stand with you and you will come forth refined, changed, renewed, reformed, recharged, re-energized, ready to do My will, My way in My power, as the fire will set you free from the bondages you have to the flesh and all that is not of Me. Daniel 3:23-36 WEB
Your spirit alone will survive the fire and all else will be burnt. Your desire as you come forth will be only and always to be with Me, to love Me in a way that is deeper than you ever thought possible. Your perspective and outlook will be different. The worries and cares of this life will be a thing of the past and I will bring you forth in the power of My might and enabling. You will shine like newly formed pure gold and you will reflect My Glory in all that you do. You will no longer fear the flames of My fiery presence and should I so direct you, you will run with joy to the fire to have all hindrances and things that have had you bound burnt off, set free to enjoy the presence of My Son Yashua (Jesus) in the midst of your fire.
I am indeed a consuming fire and all that is not godlike will be consumed by My fiery presence. No sin can withstand the white hot heat of My love, no wrong attitude, no wrong doctrine, no prejudices, no rivalry or jealousy will survive. All that is not pleasing to Me will be consumed as you are led by My Spirit to the Circle of Fire. I cannot force you to go through My fire and I will not. You may come only as led by My Spirit and He will prepare you for the times when your Circle of Life), is going to intersect with the circle of My presence or the Circle of Fire that is a figurative representation of Myself.
Your Circle of Life may run through the Circle of Fire many times in your lifetime and you will be changed into My image each time that you pass nearby or through the fire as I am refining you, transforming you into My image, changing you from one degree of Glory to another, calling you, setting you aside, preparing you for that time when you will be changed into your eternal form so that we can be together always in Heaven.
Do not fear the fire for from death springs forth life eternal. You will suffer no loss in My fire, but you will be free to be who you are and use and enjoy the giftings, talents and abilities, no longer beset by fears and anxieties, insecurities that came from a dependence on self and others to achieve My will and purpose for your life.
You will be set free to be the real you, each visit to the fire burning up more and more dross, lifting from you cares and concerns that came from the flesh. You will indeed soar like an eagle over your circumstances, no longer bound to them, the bondages being consumed in the fire. You will leap like a hind in high places from ridge to mountaintop, achieving what before was impossible to you, acting in a new-found faith and trust in My abilities and My power working over, above, around, underneath and beside you all the days of your earthly calling.
You will finally be set free to experience all that I have provided for you, unfettered by fear and unbelief, looking away only to Yashua (Jesus) the author and finisher of your faith here on Earth, longing to spend each day in His presence, seeking to do all that He is calling you to do, longing for the day when together with all the saints we can spend eternity together. The Circle of Fire is the doorway to the heavenlies and Heaven. If you can receive it, it can begin for you here now on this earth.
The fire speaks of judgment and if you are willing to allow and invite My righteous judgment to be enacted here and now in this life, you are agreeing to come to My Circle of Fire and allow yourself to suffer the loss that accompanies judgment, but also to come through the fire set free to be whom I created you to be, and to experience a slice of Heaven here and now in this lifetime, knowing that all on the altar you have lain, nothing hidden, nothing excused, totally bound and helpless as a ram tied and bound for sacrifice, the outcome totally in My hands and whether death or life results, accepting that you are guilty of many things, even good things that have offended Me, hindered our relationship and limited what I can do through you.
My judgment is not a light matter, and it will be painful, for sometimes even good works done for Me in My Name can come under My Holy judgment and I need to discipline and correct My servants, even burning up their work so that from the ashes I can gather up that which has stood the test of the fire of My Spirit. Even though it may be insignificant to you, it is a part of the new life that will spring forth, tried and tested, able to be mixed with My Spirit to form a new foundation from which a new you can spring forth.
Remember that the sword of the Spirit alone can divide between the soul and spirit, and I will wield My sword in judgment upon your life, dividing off all that is flesh or soulish and condemning it to death. It will be an agonizing, painful process, but you will come forth different, changed and set free. After the judgment My fire will pass over you again and when the process is complete, I will bring you forth when I can see My reflection formed in you and you will experience joy unspeakable and whether you live or die will no longer be of importance to you, as you will be of a mind like My servant Paul and say ‘whether I live or die it is all gain to me’. He was so close to Me that he lived with one foot already in the heavenlies, enjoying My presence wherever he went, and whatever his circumstances, counting it all joy to suffer for Me, regarding it as an honour to be worthy to suffer for My Name. His life came under My judgment and he came forth from his fire, on fire for Me. The cares and difficulties of this life were unable to draw near to him or trouble him. He knew above all that he was rooted and grounded in My great love and that it was no longer he that lived, his flesh with all its desires having been consumed in the fire.
It was in the fire that Messiah was formed in him and he fellowshipped with Him and was inspired by Him each and every day of his life until his heavenly promotion, when all the limitations of the flesh were thrown off and he was released for ever to be in the presence of the great love of his life his Messiah Yashua (Jesus). Do not fear the fire – it will turn you into the image of My Son.
Job 23:10 AMP; 1 Kings 18:38-39 NKJV; Hebrews 12: NKJV; 2 Corinthians 3:18 AMP; Hebrews 4:12-13 NKJV; Philippians 1:21-22 NKJV
Excerpt From: Thomas A. Petterson. “G.I.F.T Godly Insights for Today.” Australian eBook Publisher, 2014. iBooks. This material is protected by copyright
