The fire was hot. Feeding on a steady diet of dried woodland
debris, its flames shot over seven feet high. The man was pleased with the
progress he’d made, a few more hours and the massive pile of dead branches
would be burned away. The day seemed ordinary, uneventful even, until that
moment, the moment when the supernatural burst into the natural.
He approached to throw on yet another armload, and as he did
his foot caught on a tree root. His body pitched forward- completely out of control-
straight toward the hungry flames. Unable to recover any balance, his fate seemed
certain as he felt the heat lick his face. But God stepped in and everything
changed. Suddenly he was standing upright next to the fire unharmed, in wonder
over what had just happened.
In the book of Daniel, we find Shadrach, Meschach and
Abednego in a similar situation. As they
face the flames for refusing to worship an idol of the king their fate seems
assured. But God stepped in and everything changed. They were kept safe in the midst
of the flames though others were destroyed.
You may not always have a physical intervention from the
flames and hurts of this world, but through Jesus, God has assured your
spiritual fate remains secure. All you need do is accept Him.
Message for the Journey:
Even when your fate seems absolutely certain, God can step
in and change everything in a moment. If you find your faith is in the fire paraphrase
Daniel 3:17-18, God is able…but if He doesn’t, I will still stand firm in
faith.
By the way, the man’s wonderful
story is true. I know because that man, the one saved from the flames, is my
husband.
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