Acts 2:3-4 — And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

The recent freezing weather, and the stranding of a bunch of scientist in an expedition in Antarctica, have refocused attention on “Global Warming”. I’ve put it in quotes as there is, to put it mildly, a lot of disagreement about whether it exists, what is it, and what causes it.
Now let me pin some colors to the mask. I do think there’s something going on. I think, on average, temperatures are rising a little. But I have no idea what’s causing it, and whether it’s a permanent effect, reversible, or cyclical!
A lot of people are going to disagree with me. They are going to point to places where it’s seems getting colder. They’re going to giggle, and point out that the scientists got caught because there was too much ice, and that Chicago has been colder than the South Pole! Well, fair enough. I’m not going to be dogmatic about it. But I want to suggest that there might be a sort of “spiritual global warming” going on! There are more Christians in the world today than ever before. Every believing Christian has been filled with the Holy Spirit, touched with those tongues of fire. That ought to mean a lot of spiritual warming!
Once again, A lot of people are going to disagree with me. They are going to point to places where it seems the church is getting weaker. They’re going to sneer, and point out that many Christians are sinners and hypocrites, and that sometimes “brotherly love” can also seem colder than the South Pole! I am going to be dogmatic this time. The nay-sayers are wrong. The fire is rising — and it’s such a fire as will sweep through lives and change them forever.
We need to nurture that warming trend! We have to take the torch out and start small fires wherever we can. Who knows when we shall start a warming trend like that in the days of the Book of Acts when the Holy Spirit camping roaring forth,when God said:
…on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: and I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: (Acts 2:18-19)
There’s a modern worship song we learned last year called “Here For You”. Its chorus starts with words that feel like they are the prayer I want to finish this devotion with

To You our hearts are open, nothing here is hidden, You are our one desire
You alone are holy, only You are worthy, God, let Your fire fall down

Pray with me. Call down the fire. Carry the torch. Spread the flame. Let’s promote spiritual global warming!