Ephesians 4:22
That, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.
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Writing to the believers in Ephesus Paul continued on to say that we must be renewed in the spirit of our minds and put on the new self. Just as the Lord has given us new life we need to understand that it comes with a new lifestyle! Having been born again as Jesus said to Nicodemus, {Jn.3:3} and given a new life will bring a new way of living for you and I. We who have received Jesus as our Lord and God Almighty as our Father are truly new creations, the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. {2Cor.5:17}

The new 'us' will think differently, speak differently, and act differently—not because of obligation, but rather because of love. For the love of God has been poured into us by the Holy Spirit {Rom.5:5} and we desire to please the ones that we love. We have been set free from the burden of the Law and are trained each day to be be blessed by God's word, serving the Lord, {Rom.7:6} loving Him and others as ourselves. Living the 'royal law of love'. {Jas.2:8}

God is the potter and we are the clay, all of us the work of His hands. {Is.64:8} It certainly is true that He does not make junk! So He will spin us round and round on the potter's wheel, cutting off some here and there, throwing a bit more mud wherever needed and squeezing in just the right places until it (we) look just right. And THEN, yikes, that clay is put into the fire of the furnace to make sure it does not change and finally paint it, polish it and put it on display. That process, “firing clay transforms it from its humble, soft beginnings into a new, durable substance: ceramic, tough and strong and similar in some ways to stone.” (The SpruceCrafts) And ‘similar to stone’ is about being more like the Rock of our salvation, Jesus Christ! That process is called being transformed from glory to glory, being made more like the Lord. {2Cor.3:18}

Elijah built an altar in the name of the Lord, put wood on it then laid an ox, the sacrifice, on it, poured water on the whole thing—not once, but three times—and called upon the Lord who then sent fire that consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench! {1Kin.18:30-38} Nothing is impossible with God!

William Booth, the fiery founder of the Salvation Army along with his wife in 1865 in London, England wrote a song titled, “Send the Fire” and that was a group back then that was most certainly on fire for the Lord. The lyrics include this plea:
  God of Elijah, hear our cry: Send the fire!
    To make us fit to live or die, Send the fire!
  To burn up every trace of sin, To bring the light and glory in,
    The revolution now begin,
  Send the fire

“And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren;” (Romans 8:28-29)

OUR GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE