Deuteronomy 4:24 - For the Lord your God is a consuming fire…

A fire.

1 Kings 18:36–39 - And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.” Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.”

For the ones who offer themselves to God, he will consume everything in us that isn’t from him - our sin, our brokenness, the parts of our personality that are wonky, all of it!

And why?

So that it will be known to us that he is God.

The pain leads to knowledge of him and to life. It’s a gift.

May we see him as he is - a consuming fire!