Fire (Part 4): Desire
This week we're exploring the prayer "Blessed be God who filled my soul with fire!" Each day we'll reflect on what it means for God to fill us with divine fire, and why we would bless Him for it.
"Blessed be God who filled my soul with fire!"
Fire is desire. Not just a static thing, but something intense, growing, expanding.
Fire is never content to simply exist. It reaches upward, always hungry, always seeking more fuel, more oxygen, more space to burn. It's restless, dynamic, alive with longing.
When God fills our soul with fire, He fills us with holy desire. Not the shallow wants that come and go, but the deep longing for what truly matters—for Him, for goodness, for truth, for love that lasts.
This divine desire changes everything. We're no longer satisfied with mediocrity in our spiritual lives. We hunger for more of God, more of His peace, more of His presence. We burn with longing to become who He created us to be.
But it's not a selfish desire. The fire of divine longing makes us burn for others too—for their good, their healing, their joy. We become restless for justice, passionate about mercy, consumed with love for those around us.
This is why we bless God for filling us with fire. Because desire—true, holy desire—is what keeps us moving, growing, reaching toward heaven. It's what prevents us from settling for less than God's best.
A soul without fire is a soul that's given up, that's accepted defeat, that's stopped believing in transformation.
But a soul filled with divine fire? That soul burns with the kind of desire that changes the world.
That's the fire we bless God for. The fire that makes us fully alive, fully human, fully His.