Ryan's Ramblings

But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.
—Daniel 3:25, ESV

I remember sitting in a theater in 1977, watching Star Wars for the first time. I was eleven. It was stunning. The story, the scale, the sense that there was something unseen yet powerful at work. “May the force be with you.” It was intriguing—mysterious, almost spiritual in its own way.

But I didn’t know Jesus then.

Three years later, at age fourteen, I gave my life to Jesus and God became personal—real and near. Not an idea—but a Savior.

In Daniel 3, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are thrown into the fire because they refuse to bow to anyone but the one true God. The flames are real. The threat is real and… the cost is real.

But so is His presence.

King Nebuchadnezzar looks into the furnace and says, “Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?” Then he answers his own question: “But I see four.”

There were four people in the furnace—unbound and unscathed—walking, talking and unafraid.

“And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”

Jesus was the fourth man in the fire. God didn’t keep the three young men from the fire. He met them in it. They came out without injury. Not even the smell of smoke clung to them. The fire had no claim—because the Son was with them.

And He is with us too…today.

On this Monday, May 4, 2026—the only one that has ever existed in time and eternity—you are not alone in whatever fire you’re facing. Jesus is not distant. He is not theoretical. He is not a force to be wished for.

He is ever-present—and still walking in the fire.

May the Fourth be with you.