SPIRIT OF GOD— the Fire from H Baven – Charles Spurgeon

Suppose we saw an army sitting down before a granite fort, and they told us that they intended to batter it down, we might ask them, ” how ! ” they point to a cannon ball. Well, but there is no power in that ; it is heavy, but not more than half-a-hundred or perhaps a hundredweight ; if all the men in the army hurled it against the fort they would make no impression. They say, ” no, but look at the cannon !” well, but there is no power in that. A child may ride upon it ; a bird may perch in its mouth. It is a machine, and nothing more. ” but look at the powder.” well, there is no power in that ; a child may spill it ; a sparrow may peck it. Yet this powerless powder and powerless ball are put in the powerless cannon : one spark of fire enters it, and then, in the twinkling of an eye, that powder is a flash of lightning, and that cannon ball is a thunderbolt which smites as if it had been sent from heaven. So is it with our church or school machinery of this day ; we have the instruments necessary for pulling down strong- holds, but o for the fire from heaven !