VocalEssence Ensemble Singers, VocalEssence Chorus, VocalEssence Singers of This Age, VocalEssence Vintage Voices

INTO THE FIRE

Three men don’t know what to do.
How can they turn their back on God?
King Nebuchadnezzar said, “Your God is not the truth.
Renounce, or you must go

Into the fire.
Go into the fire,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.”
And they went into the fire.

How can this be? There are not three
But four, standing in the flames.
This king will concede, “Bring them to me.
Their God is the One who saves

From the fire.”
They went into the fire,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
Not alone in the fire,
There were four in the fire.

When those who wield the power say you must do
That which goes against our God,
Don’t be afraid. You are not alone;
Have faith, even as you go

Into the fire.
Go into the fire
Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.

Feed the hungry, clothe the poor.
When they knock, open up your door.
God is seen in everyone.
Let us pray His kingdom comes.
Love your brother as yourself.
Love defies the fires of Hell.
Illuminate the false command;
Take a step for God and man.

Step into the fire,
Like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
They went into the fire,
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego.
—Lisa Fuglie