I was reading through Hebrews in my quiet time. Here’s the verse to which I came.

“For our God is a consuming fire” (Hebrews 12:29).

When I read this verse in my devotions, it stopped me and once again gripped my heart. The preceding verse concludes, “We may serve God acceptably, with reverence and Godly fear.” We ask ourselves why this is necessary. The answer is because our God is a consuming fire. Wow! I am not a grumpy old legalist. Really, I am not. But I am very concerned that in today’s culture of casualness, we must never lose sight of the fear of God. What a good thing to remember today, that our God is worthy of our respect and worship. He is a consuming fire.

Here’s what I’m thinking today. May our genuine love for God be demonstrated in our genuine reverence of Him.