The Fiery Furnace, Part 3
When you Walk
Through the Fire you will not be Burned
The following
devotional is the third in a short series focusing on
Daniel 3: Shadrach, Meshack and Abednego in the fiery
furnace.
"So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, and . . . they saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them." (Dan 3:26-27)
What a fantastic occurrence! Shadrack, Meshack and
Abednego were thrown into a furnace so hot that just being
near it killed the ones who threw them in, yet they came
out without a scratch! Their hair wasn't singed,
their robes were not burned, and they didn't even smell
like fire! Wouldn't it be wonderful to be the
recipient of such a miracle? Wouldn't it be nice . .
. ?
But wait a minute! Could it be that this miracle
wasn't just for Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego?
Could it be that you and I can (and do!) experience such
miraculous happenings today? I would like to suggest
that we are "thrown into the fiery furnace" quite
regularly, for the trials and tribulations we pass through
every day have the potential to burn us just as badly as
Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace! And this story
teaches us that when we pass through the fiery furnaces of
life, we, too, can come out of them without a scratch!
How?
The same way
Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednego passed through their fire!
By placing our total trust and dependance of Jesus!
If we can pass through the trials thrown in our paths by
depending 100% on Jesus, ever praising Him for the
tribulations and placing our complete trust in Him to get
us through, the prophet Isaiah tells us: "When
you walk through the fire, you will
not be burned; the flames will
not set you ablaze." (Isa 43:2b). This
means that we, too, can come out of the "fiery furnace"
without a scratch, without even singing our hair or
burning our clothing! Without even smelling like
fire! Praise God!
Father God,
help me to put my faith and my dependence 100% on You for
EVERY "fire" that comes my way! I praise You that
with You helping me through, I, too, will be able to "walk
through the fire" and "not be burned"!
Please see
Saturday's edition of The Illustrator for part 4 of
The Fiery Furnace.
Love in Christ,
Lyn
Lyn Chaffart, Moderator, The Nugget, Scriptural Nuggets (
www.sermonillustrator.org/minisermons/ ), Answers2Prayer Ministries,
www.Answers2Prayer.org ,