🔥Daily Chassidus:[1] G-d is a consuming fire which resides on His will and Wisdom
The verse states that Hashem your G-d is a consuming fire. The intent of the statement is as follows: In order for a flame to ignite and remain stable and steady it must catch onto an item. If the flame does not have a wick or wood to catch onto, then it will not be considered a flame at all, as it will immediately extinguish. The same applies regarding the revelation of G-dliness, that it follows the same nature as a flame, that if it does not have a physical item to grasp onto, then it will not remain below. What are the physical items to which the flame of G-d can grasp? His commandments that involve the physical objects of the world. Each of the 248 positive commands and 365 negative commands are the wicks and vessels onto which the flame resides and assists in the fulfillment of making G-d a dwelling place below. They prevent the light of G-d from extinguishing and returning back to its source above. Now, what is so precious of the commands of G-d that specifically they were able to act as the wick to grasp the flame? So, it is not the way of a king to deal with trivial matters. A king who has hundreds of thousands of gold and silver coins and objects will not spend time telling people about all the earth and earthenware vessels that he owns. Similarly, G-d has no interest in residing in even the upper worlds, and certainly the lower worlds, which are all considered a great distance and descent from Him and His glory. Hence, G-d on His own does not reside on the upper or lower worlds unless we enter G-d’s treasures of gold and silver into them. The gold and silver of G-d are the will and wisdom of the Torah, and it is for this reason that specifically the fulfillment of the commands of the Torah serve as an abode for G-d to dwell within them.
[1] Likkutei Torah Ahcrei Mos
