FOCAL SCRIPTURE
EXODUS 23:2
You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice. Vs. 2
It is great to be God’s firebrand. But what could make a firebrand lose heat is when it is isolated from its source of fire. This means once you are a firebrand, do everything possible to remain connected with your source of power. God is our source of power and the greatest of fires originate from Him.
HEBREWS 12:29
For our God is a consuming fire. Vs. 29
The fire of God is very fiery, His fire is the one that neutralizes all other types of fire. An instance is when the three Hebrew children were thrown into Nebuchadnezzar’s fire which was the hottest fire as at that time, nothing happened to them because the more superior fire was already there before their arrival. God’s presence turned the enemy’s furnace into a suitable environment.
At the presence of the consuming fire, all other fires lose their efficacy. Similarly, when this fire came down in 1 Kings 18:38 , It consumed what literally fire cannot consume; stones and water.
1 KINGS 18:38
Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. Vs. 38
If a firebrand is isolated from fire for long, it can lose it flame.
A firebrand may lose its heat and become cold if it keeps the wrong company. If you take a firebrand and drop it inside water, what happens? The fire will go out.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:33
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Vs. 33
It says, no matter how good you may be, if you continue to associate with evil people, it will definitely affect you some day.
2 CORINTHIANS 6:14
Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? Vs. 14
This is a warning to us, not to be unequally yoked with unbelievers.
Also;
Amos 3:3
Do two walk together unless they have agreed to do so? Vs. 3
This scripture actually means, show me your friend and i will tell you who you are. Who are your friends? What do you talk about when you meet? Are they words of wisdom and knowledge, words that edifies the spirit?
If you will be a firebrand and sustain it, you must be prepared to review your friends. strictly abide by the instruction given in
EXODUS 23:2
You must not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you are called to testify in a dispute, do not be swayed by the crowd to twist justice. Vs. 2