Ex-scape

"The king’s command was so urgent and the furnace so hot that the flames of the fire killed the soldiers who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, "Weren't there three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied, "Certainly, Your Majesty." He said, "Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods."
(Daniel 3:22, 24, 25 NIV)

This past weekend I was in Albany for a birthday celebration and no longer than 10 minutes after I arrive there's a big commotion outside. As I step on the scene I am surrounded by smoke leading a trail to a fire that was blazing at the apartment next door. I see people running towards the fire, people making claims about how the fire started, but what stood out the most was that the fire blocked the escape route. It occurred to me in this instance that there was something wrong with the way this story was unfolding. But in actuality it's a story that people find themselves living out each and every day of their lives. On one hand we have a merciful and loving father who provides us a way of escape from danger but on the other hand we have ignorant and negligent children who choose to burn their only exit.

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