The fire will not consume you

 

The Fire Will Not Consume You ~

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego knew something about the fire.

God didn't keep them from going into the furnace, but He was right there with them in it. The fire that should have consumed them couldn't even leave the smell of smoke upon them.

Sometimes we wonder why God allows us to walk through the fire at all. Why not put it out? Why not keep us from ever having to step into it?

Because sometimes God does His greatest work in the very place we would have chosen to avoid.

If you are in the fire today, God knows you are there. He knows how hot it is. He knows how long you have been standing in it.

But that fire does not have permission to consume you.

God can use it to mold you.

He can use it to make you.

He can use it to shape you.

He can even use it to prepare you for something you cannot see yet.

What feels like a place of destruction may actually be a place of preparation.

So don't mistake the fire for God abandoning you.

He may not always keep you from the fire, but He will be with you in the midst of it.

“Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt...”

— Daniel 3:25 KJV