Daniel 3:14-20, 24-25, 28 / John 8:31-42
Fire is a good master but a bad servant.
Fire give out light which is certainly helpful when it is dark.
Fire also helps to cook food and makes it fit for human consumption.
But fire also burns and causes damage to property and can also cause death to human beings.
And in a horrible and barbaric way, fire is also used to torture and put people to death.
Such is the case when king Nebuchadnezzar decided to put Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to death by throwing them into the burning fiery furnace.
But by the light of that fiery furnace, king Nebuchadnezzar saw that the three men were not harmed by the fire.
And by the light of that fiery furnace, he also saw a fourth figure who looked like a son of the gods.
By the light of that fiery furnace, king Nebuchadnezzar came to see the power of God and how God saved the three men from the fiery furnace.
We too received the light of God at our baptism.
May the light of God enlighten us to see the love of God in us.
And may the light of God shine in us to let others see the marvels of God in our lives.