September 3 2018

The Fire

“Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” T hen Nebuchadnezzar went near the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spoke, saying, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here.” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego came from the midst of the fire. And the satraps, administrators, governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed nor were their garments affected, and the smell of fire was not on them. Daniel 3:25-27

Nebuchadnezzar threw the three young men in a fire so hot that those who put them into the fire were killed.
And yet, in the midst, Nebuchadnezzar exclaims that he see One like the Son of God in the fire with the 3 young men.
Jesus is always in the midst with us!
When the young men were taken out of the fire, they were no longer bound, but the hair of their head, and their garments were not singed and there was no smell of fire on them.
When you go through the fire, those things will be burned off that you have no need for, but the important things will remain untouched.
One question to think about – the things that were not necessary – were they burned off by the fire or by the very Presence of the Lord in the midst?
When we actually get in close proximity with the Lord; when we acknowledge Him in the midst of the things we are going through; when we allow him to get close to us, those things that are not necessary in our lives, those thing that are harmful, will be burned off – and we will be refined like gold by His very Presence.

Posted September 3, 2018 by Laurie Hopkins in category "Uncategorized

The Fire

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