
According to the prophet Daniel, the Hebrew teenagers, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into a furnace for refusing to worship the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar.
They were Divinely protected from the fire by a 4th being walking around in the flames, and finally taken out of the furnace. Daniel reports they did not even retain the smell of smoke after they were rescued.
Daniel also records Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego had actually been saved by “someone like the Son of God”.
Quite the story.
I have dealt with my own fiery trial over the last some months. That furnace is history.
Yes, I have survived. But I can’t seem to heal these singes or shake this smell of smoke.
Not quickly. Not alone.
This “someone like the Son of God” is slow and subtle.
Quite the story.