Since we live in Arizona, the Lord reminded me this year not to refer to Arizona’s dry season by the phrase Arizona’s “fire season.” The first reference is to the season of dryness before the monsoons come and the other is actually a confession that we expect fires to come, as it is the season for them.
As God’s people, and especially His praying people, there is power in what we say and what we pray, according to these verses in Proverbs:
Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
Since we can speak “death” or “life” to our situations, we should ask the Lord how to phrase the things we say and pray, because we reap what we “say” or “confess,” according to the above verse. For example, if I am under attack with symptoms of any kind of illness, I do not confess that it is mine, even if a doctor states that I have some infirmity. I simply say, this is what the doctor has diagnosed me with, but I declare I am healed according to the Word of God that says, “By His stripes I am healed.” This is not denying that I am experiencing the symptoms of an illness, but rather I confess the Word of God over it, as God’s Word and His power is greater than any sickness the devil may want to inflict me with. As Christians, we must always side with the Word of God in every circumstance as circumstances or feelings should not rule our lives. If we line up with the Word of God then the devil will have to flee. This is how Bud and I overcome any disease that tries to invade our bodies. The verse below says if we submit to God and resist the devil with the Word of God, that the devil will have to flee. It does not say “maybe” he will flee, but that he “will” flee! Praise God!
James 4:7: “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
Since we are have been in Arizona’s dry season, we are asking prayer for safety over our state from any kind of fire threats. Certainly hot and dry weather during the summer months can present a threat of wildfires in our state, but we can pray and ask the Lord to shield us from any forest or wildfires. This does not mean we cannot have fire departments and fire fighters and fire extinguishers, as we live in a fallen world and should prepare to help those who do not know that God can protect us from these things. God uses man’s efforts along with His protection to keep us safe according to the scripture below:
Proverbs 21:31: “The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.”
Psalm 20:7: “Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.”
Let us declare this dry season will be short and the monsoons will come in fullness with no lightning strikes that will set off any fires in our state. Nothing is impossible with God. As all intercessors in this area come into agreement for safety and we all pray for protection, we can believe that the Lord will bring it to pass. We are praying this over our area here in Cherry, as well as the rest of the state.
Since destructive fires (as well as other things like floods, earthquakes, storms, etc.) are associated with “judgment on sin” in the Bible and they come as a result of sins that have not been repented of in the hearts of people. We can pray that the Lord will forgive our sins and the sins of the people and lead them into repentance, so we can all lead quiet and peaceable lives.
1 Timothy 2:1-3: “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men, For Kings, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour.”
The Lord wants to bless us, but He cannot unless we repent because there are spiritual laws of sowing and reaping that are in motion and will come to bear upon our lives. The Bible says sin destroys any nation.
Proverbs 14:34: “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.”
Psalm 33:12: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.”
Perhaps you live in an area where there are floods or hurricanes. You can apply the same principle to those areas by not referring to them as the flood season or hurricane season, but rather the wet or rainy season.
We are praying for God’s protection and blessings over you, as well as our area and declaring that we shall all walk in Psalm 91.
