“for our God is a consuming fire.”
Hebrews 12:29
Lately, God has been telling me to be consumed by who He is. He’s been telling me that as I keep my eyes on Him and let His great attributes consume me, everything else will fall away, and I will naturally move towards Him and His heart. A few days ago, I listened to a sermon by Jennifer Toledo. In the sermon, she talked about a vision that she had. She was standing on the shore of a body of water. As she looked out, she saw Jesus, and He was beckoning her to come out to Him, to walk on the water. At first, she started freaking out: “I can’t walk on water!” But then Jesus told her to stop focusing on the water and to start focusing on Him. “You’re holy! You’re beautiful!” She began to shout out His attributes. As she continued to describe Jesus, she suddenly realized that she was standing out in the middle of the water. Without even knowing what she was doing, she had walked on water. The point of the vision was that as she became consumed by who Jesus is, her problems fell away, and she naturally moved towards Him.
As I heard this vision, God began to speak to me about how I needed to apply this lesson to my own life. At the time, I had been going through some spiritual struggles, battling lies, my attitude, apathy, etc. And I, over those couple of days, had been focused on my problems. But as I heard that sermon, I realized that I needed to take the focus off of myself. And so I did. I focused on who God was, and slowly but surely, I’ve been able to walk towards Him and let Him take care of my problems.
Here are all of the attributes of God that I wrote down in my journal on that day.
Who is God? He is Savior, Father, almighty, provider, warrior, lover, just, holy, beautiful, awesome, creator, healer, name above all names, King, Lord, peace, love, alpha and omega, refuge, protector, unchanging, everlasting, compassionate, merciful, gracious, gentle, powerful, wisdom, sovereign, redeemer, perfect timing, in control, a good, good father with a good, good heart, truth, life, the answer, where I can find my identity, Lion and Lamb, the Great High Priest, friend, worthy of praise, strength, chain-breaker, freedom-giver, victorious, faithful, patient, slow to anger, forgiveness.
“Turn your eyes upon Jesus; look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.”
