“Then the princes, prefects, governors, and advisers crowded around them and saw that the fire had not touched them. Not a hair on their heads was singed, and their clothing was not scorched. They didn’t even smell of smoke.” (Daniel 3:27)

 

These three Hebrew men insulted King Nebuchadnezzar because they wouldn’t worship his god. He was intolerant and so angry that he heated the furnace seven times its normal temperature. There are treasures regarding this scripture.

 

The condition of the three Hebrews before entering the furnace was that they were tied and bound. In verse 25 it says they were “walking around loose”. This is precisely why we go through trials. In this life we have bondages (i.e. sin, bad habits, character flaws, immaturity, etc…). If God didn’t design our personal furnaces, we all would be walking around in our bondages. He wants us to be free of these.

 

These men were unharmed by the furnace. Why? Because God was walking in the furnace with them. He regulated the temperature where only the ropes were burnt off. Many have said “I want more of God!” Remember this… you’ll always find Him in the furnace, the crucible, the trials and testings, that’s where the metal is formed by the Master’s hand!

 

Why didn’t they exit that furnace as soon as they were loose? It’s better to be in the furnace and to experience Jesus Christ than to be out of the furnace without that encounter. May God change the molecular structure of your spiritual nature and give you a new DNA.