An all consuming Fire!

Hebrews 12:29 (ESV)

...for our God is a consuming fire.

In my devotional this morning one of the ideas presented about God focused on the all consuming side of Him. The writer shared a story of a holy land tour guide he had met who entertained the idea that God was like a giant continual nuclear explosion. That is why we can't see Him face to face and why He can't come here directly because it would destroy us. 

Going there for a moment, (I am not saying he is right or wrong) but if it were in one way or another true... then maybe that is why we have to die to ourselves to become a part of Him. When we finally come to Him we experience the all consuming holiness of Him and our flesh dies in the face of who He is, leaving our spirit free to pass through the all consuming nature of God and into an intimate loving relationship inside of Him.

You are no longer outside looking in but inside looking out, seeing the view He sees you through.

Just a thought!