Carrying the Fire

Recently I read the wonderful book about flying in space as part of the Apollo program. The author, mentioned a poem, "High Flight" by a WWII Spitfire pilot, flying for the RAF. The RAF motto is Latin for "Out of Adversity to the Stars."

As we try our best to stand firm for Christ, in these times of adversity, remember we are carrying the fire, the light of the world, to the lost in the domain of darkness.

Everyone chosen for salvation by God possessed his or her faith firmly rooted in their heart, such that we all are committed to standing firm in the face of adversity. Those not firmly rooted are described in Matthew 13:21, Mark 4:17 and Luke 8:13. OTOH, those firmly rooted are described in 1 Corinthians 7:37, 2 Corinthians 1:24, and Ephesians 6:14.

 

One very obscure verse is Mark 9:49 which says everyone will be salted with fire. Believers are to remain salty, but how is our "salt" made salty? With the fire of enlightenment, for by word and deed we are "salty" when our lives bring the fire, the light of God's gospel.