The last couple of weeks in Fireschool have for me been an intensification of all that God has been doing throughout the year. There is a theme that I cannot escape, which is dying to self. What I am discovering is that God is not asking me to do intercession for this nation but to really identify with Christ in His ultimate act of intercession on the cross. As we pray, I become more and more aware of how much we limit God with our flesh. The less of me there is in my prayers, the more God can do through them. Over and over God has been speaking to me about laying my self down in intercession and making my life the kind of sacrifice that God would be pleased to send His fire on. On Friday evening we learned about the intercession that Aaron made for the people of Israel when he ran through the camp between the living and the dead. What he did broke all the rules that God had given Moses of how a priest should perform his duties. He risked his life to save a nation. Esther did the same when she went before the king to plead for her people. Dying to self and living in intercession isn’t so that I can have a better relationship with God but so that other people can have life. I guess I’ve been learning this week that thats what Fireschool is all about.

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