Sampson's Little Foxes

 D.L. Moody was a giant in the faith. He was a tremendous leader and motivator. He was a great preacher, passionate soul winner, a tireless worker, and a promoter of God movements in America and England. 

He once had a gathering of preachers who met under some pine trees. Night after night they prayed and sought God. On the last night, Moody exhorted the men to seek God more passionately before they were all to return to their homes the next day. 

They prayed fervently and waited on God. He did not disappoint. God moved in tremendous fashion among those gathered under the pines. Sure enough, the next day all those men went to the train station to catch trains for their homes. One of the comments about them returning home caught my attention. 

A.W. Tozer recounts the story of what happened from historians. "The next as they took the trains in all directions, historian says that everywhere they went, they were like Samson's foxes going in all directions through the fields , setting fires as they went." Tozer Speaks p. 198-199

We need that again. We need the fire of God to spread in all directions. Do we prayerfully wait on God for His fire? We cannot manufacture it or reproduce it. This is a supernatural fire in the soul. It is a sustaining fire that purifies and spreads to others. This is an unquenchable fire in the midst of opposition, persecution, and suspicion. It burns feverishly in the soul and contagiously spreads to those it comes in contact. 

We have our programs. Programs do not produce the fire of God. We have our state of the art facilities. Facilities are lifeless buildings which produce no fire. We have our well trained experts to lead us. Well trained does not mean well prayed and well Spirit infused with fire. 

Preachers still gather for conferences. They still scatter to go back home. Historians are no longer writing that the fire spread like Samson's foxes in all directions. There is little prayerful waiting for the fire of God to come, and therefore there is little fire of God to spread.