Are You Willing to Go Into the Fire?

Just now I thought of the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.  All of us who have grown up in the church know the story inside and out as it's one we've heard since we started going to Sunday School!  It's an amazing story of three godly men who would not compromise their beliefs no matter what!  Even to death!  If you aren't familiar with this story read Daniel 3.

But just now God showed me a different side of the story!  Had these three men not been willing to go into the fire, they wouldn't have experienced God's manifest presence!  They would've missed out on probably the most amazing experience of their lives!  To have God himself come and physically walk with them in that furnace!  I felt like He asked me, "Are you willing to go into the fire to experience more of Me?  How badly do you want all that I have for you?"  Wow!  So, I ask you the same question.  Are you willing to go into the fire and be taken to a deeper level in your walk with Him?  I will tell you right now, it's going to hurt at times, it takes a lot of risk, but I believe that what God has for us in that fire is so worth it!