{"id":2195,"date":"2022-07-24T14:20:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T14:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warapungamonday.wordpress.com\/?p=2195"},"modified":"2022-07-24T14:20:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T14:20:56","slug":"another-in-the-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warapunga.ch\/?p=2195","title":{"rendered":"Another in the fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chapter 30 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Good Monday Morning to this week 30 of 2022 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was another in the fire
Standing next to me
There was another in the waters
Holding back the seas<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Il sera avec moi dans le feu
L\u00e0 \u00e0 mes c\u00f4t\u00e9s
Il sera pr\u00e9sent dans la temp\u00eate

Recently I heard the version of this popular song translated to French and it reminded me of the story. Australian songwriters Chris Davenport and Joel Houston were both also going through difficult circumstances when they decided to write a song about a lack of resolution in their life and how, sometimes, our expectations and prayers don\u2019t seem to lead to divine intervention. Also, as Joel asserted in a recent YouTube interview: \u201cConfession precedes belief\u201d. Sometimes we need to speak out spiritual truth even before we can fully apply it to the circumstances of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inspiration for \u2018Another in the fire\u2019 came from a phrase you\u2019ll find in one of the Old Testament\u2019s most renowned miracles.\u00a0Daniel <\/a>3\u00a0recounts how three devout followers of Jehovah, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, were commanded by a deranged king Nebuchadnezzar to bow down and worship an image of gold or be hurled into a fiery furnace. The three men refused, asserting that God \u201cis able to deliver us from it\u201d but then, with remarkable courage, added: \u201cBut even if he does not, we want you to know, your majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.\u201d (v18). In a rage, Nebuchadnezzar stoked the furnace seven times hotter than usual, and had soldiers bind the men and throw them in. The flames were so fierce that the soldiers were incinerated instantly. But when Nebuchadnezzar looked, he saw four, not three, people walking around in the flames, totally unscathed. The Bible describes the fourth man as looking “like a son of the gods\u201d and is widely accepted to refer to the pre-incarnate Christ. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego stepped out of the fire without even \u201cthe smell of fire on them\u201d , and Nebuchadnezzar fell to the floor, in awe of the living God.

They were loose, whereas they had been cast in “bound.” They were walking in midst of fire “in the midst of trouble” They walked up and down in the fire, not leaving it, but waiting for God’s time to bring them out. He angel of the Lord came down into the furnace;<\/em>\u00a0and Nebuchadnezzar here says , God\u00a0sent his angel and delivered them;<\/em>\u00a0and it was an angel that shut the lions’ mouths when Daniel was in the den. Nebuchadnezzar calls them out of the furnace: He\u00a0comes near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace,<\/em>\u00a0and bids them\u00a0come forth and come hither. Come forth, come<\/em>\u00a0(so some read it); he speaks with a great deal of tenderness and concern, and stands ready to lend them his hand and help them out. He is convinced by their miraculous preservation that he did evil in casting them into the furnace.

The other in fire walked with them, then justice prevailed and they were called out by the one that caused the injustice!

Another in the fire! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wishing you a good start to this week!

Philemon <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chapter 30 Good Monday Morning to this week 30 of 2022 There was another in the fireStanding next to meThere was another in the watersHolding back the seas Il sera avec moi dans le feuL\u00e0 \u00e0 mes c\u00f4t\u00e9sIl sera pr\u00e9sent dans la temp\u00eate Recently I heard the version of this popular song translated to French … <\/p>\n

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