LifeLink Devotions for Friday, April 4, 2025

Firewalkers fascinate me. How do they not burn their feet? Is it a trick or have they really learned not to focus on the pain of the fire because their eyes are fixed on getting through it?

There are numerous examples of people who have been through the fires of adversity and seem to come out unburned. How do they do it? Are they tricking us, or is it because they have their eyes focused on what’s at the end?

Listen to these words from the prophet Zechariah.

Zechariah 13:8-9 “In the whole land, declares the LORD, two thirds shall be cut off and perish, and one third shall be left alive. And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’ ”

Here are some simple yet profound thoughts about how to be a firewalker.  

• The fire is guaranteed by God.

• The fire is designed by God.
• The fire is controlled by God.
• The fire is a test of my faith in God.
• The fire refines my faith in God.
• The fire motivates me to call upon God.
• The fire produces confidence in God.

Psalm 66:12  ”we went through fire and through water; yet you have brought us out to a place of abundance.”

Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.”

1 Peter 4:12-13  “Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.”

My simple goal today is to be a fire-walker.

Pastor John