I Thessalonians 5:19

I Thessalonians 5:19 Quench not the Spirit. In 1971, I worked at the Jim Robbins Seat Belt Company in Mt. Clemens, Michigan. We made seat belts for Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler corporation. The seat belt buckles were made of heavy steel and had to be heat treated to make them hardened. They went on a conveyor belt through an oven that heated them to almost 2,000⁰! At the end of the belt was the quench tank full of oil that immediately cooled the metal parts from 2000⁰ to room temperature. The red-hot metal parts sizzled as they fell into the oil. The cherry-red parts were immediately quenched to a dull grey metallic color. Their glowing fire was instantly put out. What a good example of a dying Christian life. We start out on fire for God when we are born into God’s forever family. But the cares of this world and discouragements around us soon cool us down to a dull grey, boring life. We sleep in church and can’t wait until the service is over. We lose our fire for Jesus Christ, and we cool down to an ordinary, run-of-the-mill Christianity. What a shame. We stop listening to God and we smother the dear Holy Spirit Who indwells us. We should be living for God, but we are living for self. Stop! Don’t do it! Don’t give in to Satan and his lies! Do not quench the Holy Spirit! Stay on fire for God!