Fervent- having or displaying a passionate intensity; from the Latin word fervere meaning "to boil"
Words associated- wholehearted, hot, burning, glowing
Antonyms- apathy, lethargy
Prostrate- to lay oneself flat on the ground face downward, especially in reverence or submission; from the Latin word prostratus meaning "thrown down"
Words associated- overcome, weaken, devastate
Antonyms- fresh, righteous
--I prostrate myself before the thrown of the One Who Redeems, pleading with fervor for the freedom to be a slave to His righteousness.
When I come before the Almighty, the glory of His presence is so incredibly powerful that I am thrown down, flat on my face. God tells us to pray and to love with fervor. That means to pray and to love with a hot, burning, glowing, wholehearted, intense passion. This is the means of purifying our hearts. It is well known that one of the best ways to purify something is to boil it. Once we are free from sin and death, we are bound to His life in His righteousness. When we pray and love, we should be exploding, boiling over with passion and intensity.
How much brighter than our sun is the Son of God?! We shield our eyes from the sun and wouldn’t dare go any closer to it than we already are, but we dare to stand in the presence of the Maker of that sun? He created this whole universe. We cannot even fathom the full extent of His power and glory. We should be overcome, weakened, and devastated as we stand in our flesh before Him!
Once we are cleansed, we are made fresh… Prostrate yourself and pray with fervor to become righteous.
Exodus 33:12-23
Luke 22:44
Romans 12:11-12
James 5:16
1 Peter 1:22
2 Peter 3:10
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