Ever since you were little you have heard the phrase "Only you can prevent forest fires" which as you know was said by Smokey the bear. Even though that statement is true that doesn't mean that all forest fires are started by humans.
God created the world to have natural forest fires so that the undergrowth and dead trees can be eliminated. That way the forest isn't completely made up of old trees, there is more room for other trees, and there is new healthy growth. Even though it seams that the fire is killing that which is good and just destroying creation, in reality the killing allows for new healthier growth.
Sometimes we must experience the occasional forest fire to learn and grow. What I mean is that sometimes God allows for troubles and trials to come our way like a forest fire so that the bad unhealthy things are killed and new growth can flourish.
For us as human beings sometimes we have our dead trees, our sin that gets in the way and doesn't allow new growth to happen in our lives. God may send that fire or tragedy in our lives to help us kill that sin that is keeping us from growing in Him. We have sin in our lives that looks like the undergrowth it doesn't seem like much of a problem, but when God sends the fire we are able to see that our sin is a problem. We then see that our sin in our lives is keeping new healthy growth from happening.
We shouldn't just try and get through the fires in life we should be looking for ways to grow and learn because of them. We must realize that the fire allows us to see and learn that there are certain sins in our lives that are inhibiting new growth. Are we going to complain and blame God for sending trials or are we going to see that God is trying to teach about something and desire to learn. Are we going to just try and get though the fire alright or are we going to profoundly see that the fire will help us to learn and grow?
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