Fan the Flames

Tonight in my devo time I read 2 Timothy (Thank you very much my darling Kevin). It was my first time really reading it and all I can say is wow! I'm just floored at the way God can communicate with me through His word. I was moved by a lot of scripture in this book of the Bible but, there is a particular verse that I have been hearing about quite a bit lately and it's just so awesome. It's 2 Timothy 1:6 and it says "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying of my hands." Okay so lets jump into this. This is Paul talking to the young Timothy in his last letter written before he was executed. Just look at what he tells him here "fan into flames the gift of God". I'll admit I wasn't quite sure all that ment so I looked it up and found out that Paul was telling Timothy not to let his fire for God die out and to be filled with the fire of the Holy Spirit. How cool is that? I just love all that means. How often do we forget that our salvation and God's love is a gift? I know it's not something I always remember and I know its not something I let set me on fire but, it totally should. If we all fanned into flame our gift of God and really let ourselves be on fire how much better would our lives be? No longer would we be ashamed to tell people of God's gift but, instead we would not be able to stop ourselves from letting the Holy Spirit shine through us and proclaiming the name of God everywhere we went. That vision inspires me. I want to fan the flames of God's gift and not spend one more minute worrying about the world but, just let God's love and fire flow through me.