Love, Light, and Fire

I was listening to TFL today and Alistair Begg said something that sparked a thought. To summarize the point he said, God is Love, God is Light, and God is Fire. God doesn't condone sin. His Love has found a way to expose sin because He is Light. And to consume it because He is Fire without destroying the sinner because He is Love.

The thought in my mind that was sparked is something from the Book of Daniel in chapter 3, when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace. They were bound up and thrown in. The fire was so hot that it consumed the soldiers who threw them in. To King Nebuchadnezzar's amazement, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were unbound, walking around in the furnace unharmed. And that there was a fourth person walking with them.

Perhaps there are some illustrative parallels, in that the sin in our lives bind us and God as Fire consumes our sin but leaves us unharmed. And in our freedom from sin the Lord walks with us.

As a sinner, this is why it is so important to go to God.