God gets the glory out of the things that we go through, but he does NOT put us in that situation. He doesn’t give us tests and trials. It is the thief who comes to steal, kill, and destroy who does that. Three men in Daniel Chapter 3 were forced into a furnace that was so hot that even the people working the furnace door were dying. God was in the fire with those men.
The Purpose Of The Fire
God allows our mess to become a message and turns our victim mentality into victor mentality. The three men in the furnace, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego thought when God arrived they would be pulled out. Instead, God used the fire to burn off their ropes of bondage. What is God burning off in your life today?
Be Encouraged
Surrender and allow God to burn off the things that do not support his will in your life today. Choose to pave the road through your future with your words and thoughts (Proverbs 23:7). Be the cultural architect of your life. Live your life by design. Know and declare that greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4). AMEN!