Water and Fire

 by Macy Johnson

“He said to me: ‘It is done.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End.

To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost

from the spring of the water of life.”

(Revelation 21:6 NIV)

 

“I have come to bring fire on the earth,

and how I wish it were already kindled!”

(Luke 12:49 NIV)

 

In the beginning, God created water and fire, essentials for life here on earth. They are gracious gifts when they are properly used. Jesus is the Water of Life. The Holy Spirit is the consuming Fire.

 

I looked out my studio window one morning after several days of heavy rains to a red sun. The eastern sky was crimson. Sunlight scattered through moisture and dust in the atmosphere. Storms began to form in the west.

 

Our water pump was dying. On his first visit, Eric replaced it and then discovered a leak. The new pump had been damaged during shipment. Eric turned to my husband, Jeff, and said, “I guess God wants me to come back here – I never question His guidance!”

 

When our house was built, we struggled to burn wooden logs, then gas logs, so Jeff called a company to inspect our fireplace. They immediately noticed our chimney was not constructed according to proper specifications. I texted our builder. He sent out one of his contractors, who fixed the chimney at no charge.

 

According to my Google search, “Water and fire symbolize life, fertility, creativity, and inspiration in cultures around the world. At the same time, water and fire also represent loss, death, and destruction. Water and fire are mutually destructive—water will extinguish a flame, just as fire will boil water away to nothing.”

 

I will thank my heavenly Father for his precious gifts of Water and Fire today. I hope you will, too!