A BRUSH WITH FIRE

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Thursday April 16th, 2026

1 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. And he led the flock to the back of the desert, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 

And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from the midst of a bush. So he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, but the bush was not consumed. 

Then Moses said, “I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush does not burn.”

So when the Lord saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.”

Then He said, “Do not draw near this place. Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”

In 1 Kings 19:19, as Elijah was passing by Elisha, he cast his mantle upon him, and from that day, Elisha’s life never remained the same.

  • Anything that the Holy Spirit has touched has been touched by fire, and when fire touches something, it changes permanently.

Exodus 3:1-5 tells us that the fire of God touched the ground of that backside of the desert, and from that moment onward, God called it holy ground.

When Moses got there, God told him to take off his shoes because the ordinary soil He had touched had become holy ground.

Exodus 4:1-20 tells us how holy the ground was, because everything that touched that ground also changed permanently, such that in verse 20NKJV, the Bible says

After the encounter with the fire of God, Moses left for Egypt, and amongst all the things he took, he took the rod of God.

The ordinary rod of a shepherd had now become the rod of God because it touched the holy ground.

There is tremendous power in anything that has touched holy ground.

Don’t just go for services casually, be conscious that you are going to a place of fire.

When you go to your local assembly, go with expectations, and you will experience great miracles in your life.

Prayer focus – Father, the next time I come into Your presence, please don’t let me go back home the same way I came, in Jesus’ name.

Author – Bishop Enoch Adejare Adeboye; General Overseer of the RCCG

Posted by Naomie Joseph

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