Daily Reading
His Consuming Fire
March 14, 2025
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In Deuteronomy and in Hebrews we are reminded that our God is a jealous God, a consuming fire:
In Deuteronomy and in Hebrews we are reminded that our God is a jealous God, a consuming fire:
Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden. For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. (Deuteronomy 4:23–24)
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:28–29)
God’s love is so passionate, so pure, so explosive, it is not merely like a consuming fire—it is a consuming fire. It consumes everything unholy. A mystic I know told me that sometimes when she visits the heart of God in prayerful communion she sees fire all around!
And we should remember that many times in the Old Testament, when God promises to rescue his people, it is said he will come down as fire:
The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad;
let the distant shores rejoice.
Clouds and thick darkness surround him;
righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Fire goes before him
and consumes his foes on every side. (Psalm 97:1–3)
Fire goes before our Jesus and consumes his enemies on every side. In a violent war like this, where foul hatred is coming against you every day of your life, you need to call upon his fire! When it comes to foul spirits, demonic hatred, and things like every cruel, merciless power that may oppose my body and soul, incantations of false prophets, black laws of pagandom, false laws of heretics, craft of idolatry, and spells of witches and smiths and wizards, by all means call down holy fire-love against it! Call down the consuming fire! Consume it!
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