11/06/2022 – Chapter 10 Discussion: “Where to Find God: The Practice of the Presence of God.”
Why is God a consuming fire? (Deuteronomy 4: 23-24; Hebrews 12:29; reference pg 59)
https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/why-is-god-a-consuming-fire.html
As to the practice, here is an excerpt from the top of page #58:
“The ‘seeing’ God everywhere and everywhere, that ‘sacrament of the present moment’, that practicing the presence of God’, is the single most effective aid to becoming holy that I know, from all three sources of knowledge: my own experience, my faith, and my reason.
Another word for it is ‘prayer’. It is our umbilical cord to God. It can and should be habitual. There are many ways to obey St. Paul’s advice to ‘pray constantly’ (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
It is also our foretaste of Heaven. (Jimmy insert: Jesus said: The kingdom of God is now where we stand). In Heaven we will ‘practice the presence of God’ eternally. We will be like Jacob and see everything – literally everything – as a ladder, a road, a relationship between ourselves and God. Since that is what we are designed and destined to do forever, we had better get some practice in now.”
Soli Deo Gloria!