There are moments in life when the heat gets so intense and the waters rise so high that we wonder if we’re going to make it through. We feel stretched, pressed, crushed, refined… and we ask questions we never thought we’d have to ask: “Why is this happening?” “Did I miss God?” “If I belong to Him, why does it hurt this much?” But the Spirit has been reminding us of something deeper: The fire and the flood are not signs of God’s absence. They are proof that we belong to Him. — Isaiah 43:2 “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you… When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned…” God doesn’t say if we walk through fire or flood — He says when . Meaning: these moments are not evidence of abandonment but evidence of ownership. They happen because we are His. 🔥 The Fire Reveals What Was Always There Recently, I was struck by a simple but profound truth: We are not being burned to become righteous. We are being burned because we are righteous. Fire does not create ...