There are moments in life when the pain threatens to crush you. You fear that if you took one more step- your body, mind, and heart would give way under the unrelenting pressure.

It’s in those critical moments that we feel we have been abandoned by everyone and especially by God. I can tell you from personal experience that God is there with you in the thick of the fire! When the flames intensify and the fire rages, He is in the middle of the scorching heat with you.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Weren’t there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, Your Majesty.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods. Nebuchadnezzar then approached the opening of the blazing furnace and shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out! Come here!” So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. 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. Daniel 3:24-27

 God allows the fire in our lives so we can experience His power in a greater measure and in order to be a testimony of His ability to deliver us even from the flames that could have destroyed us.

Trust that God is with you in the midst of your fire and that His hand is at work to deliver you. His love will turn the evil that satan used to harm you into something beautiful. Nowhere else can we experience the love, power, and presence of God in the same way that we experience it in the fires of our lives. Jesus is greater than the flames!