I'm one of those people who could sit and stare at a campfire or a set of flickering candles just for hours. There's something about that dancing light and that soft little crackling sound that just seems to melt my stress away. But flames aren't exactly comforting for everyone, and that makes me think about Isaiah watching an angel coming at him with a burning coal. That would terrify me! But God, in his incredible mercy, used that burning coal from the altar to cleanse Isaiah instead of consume him.
That same Jesus who walked through the literal fire with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego walks through our fires with us today. Let's connect this up to the kind of work that we do week in and week out. We're in positions where we might have to make split second decisions about people's safety. We might have to confront situations that really make us uncomfortable. We might have to stand up to authority figures who are crossing lines they should not be crossing. Sometimes our calling puts us in the fire. And we need to remember that we're not in there alone.
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