A prayer for the fire seasons of your life by Lindsey Tetter, read by Liam Martin.

Nebuchadnezzar then approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire and called,

Shadrach Meshach and Abednego used servants of the most high, come out.

So Shadrach Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, Daniel 326.

Have you ever eaten raw chicken?

I hope not.

I assume that you would never intentionally consume raw chicken.

You've ever had food poisoning, you know, why you would never do such a thing.

We must cook our food to a certain temperature for it to provide nutritious value to our bodies and not cause us harm.

Are we any different?

God is the chef.

We are the raw chicken.

He delicately prepares us for the journey to which he's called us.

All raw chicken has to go through a fire season to provide us healthy nutrition.

We too must endure a fire season of our own to be prepared for our calling in Christ.

The Lord must prepare us, stand with us in the fire and get us ready for the life he has in store for us.

When King Nebuchadnezzar ordered all in his kingdom to bow down to the idol that he had fashioned,

he expected all to follow his orders.

To ensure that they'd all bow as he commanded, he threatened their lives.

I believe the assumption was that if someone's life would be in jeopardy, they would do what he said.

When Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow down to the idol they created quite an uproar in the kingdom.

When word got back to the king, he had his men fire up the furnace seven times hotter than normal.

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