Through the Fire and Into His Presence!

“And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountain top.”[Exo 24:17 NASB95]

When God burns a message on your heart, what do you do with that?

Well, that’s what I’m about to find out right now, because this is the first time I’m actually trying to write it out. So, here it is…

I had a vision a while back of Moses climbing up that mountain to meet with the Lord. When he got to the top of the mountain (which was smoking and on fire), he stepped into the Presence of God… for forty days! That is AWESOME!!!

So what does this have to do with you and me? The trials and tribulations we go through today may seem different now, but they can be extremely difficult and just as life-changing! 

These trials and tribulations can feel like a wall of fire all around us! But here’s what the Lord was trying to show me. He is in the midst of that fire, taking us through it, to the Peace of His Presence. Remember the story of the three Hebrew children. Those three young men who were thrown into the fire by that crazy King reveal this truth. They were His witnesses, as are we.

"You said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives.”[Deut. 5:24 NASB95]