Through the lens of Man
Aaron's ordination and Nadab and Abihu
Most men I know have offered some version of strange fire. Including me.
Strange fire is what happens when a man brings his own thing to God’s altar. His own version of leadership. His own version of righteousness. His own version of how God should be served. He doesn’t reject God. He just innovates with what God has already prescribed.
The cost is heavy. Strange fire usually costs a man his marriage, his ministry, or his soul over time. Sometimes all three.
Christ is the man who never offered strange fire. He did only what He saw the Father doing (John 5:19). His every move was the Father’s will, exactly. He is the priest we needed. And He has now made a way for men like us — strange-fire-offering men — to approach the Father with confidence.
The invitation for any man is to stop offering strange fire and to start trusting the priest who didn’t. To bring everything we are to the altar that Christ has already approved. Not our innovations. Not our remixes. Not our edits.
One small thing today: name one piece of strange fire you have been offering — your own version of leadership, righteousness, faith. Lay it down. Receive what Christ has already done in your place.