Have you ever had a wierd almost prophetic experiance? Well, last weekend I went on a leadership retreat and had such an experiance. We left the valley and went back deep into Kings Canyon. About 5 or 6 miles back into the canyon we spotted a pillar of smoke rising on the horizion. We made a few jokes here and there as we drove deeper into the canyon. But, 20 miles back we realized that we were actually camping next to a forest fire. Night after night we would discuss the things of God and litterly watch the side of the canyon ridge burn. It made me wonder what the children of Israel saw at the base of the mountian that was on fire by God. The whole weekend I thought about holiness and being set apart for God.
It's intresting that before this school year is out we will be participating in the 100 year annerversity of the Azusa Street revival. So maybe this is a year (2005-2006 academic year)of fire.
