Podcast: God is Fire
God is fire. He is not like fire...He is fire. The Word of God tells us in Hebrews 12:29 that “our God is a consuming fire.” To walk with God is to walk with One who is holy, good, passionate, pure, majestic and merciful in such intensity that He can only be described as fire.
The beauty of being in covenant with God is that the intensity and brightness of his nature can and will consume everything in us that is earthly, unspiritual or demonic. We only have to draw near enough to allow him to consume us!
You were made to burn. You were never made to burn out!
But in order to burn we must understand how to steward this flame that God has given us. Let’s look at Paul’s letter to Timothy to further understand our role in ensuring that our faith, that living flame of God on our hearts, does not burn out!
2 Timothy 1:5-7
5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, 7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.