"Another in the Fire"

Over the last several years, it has felt like tragedy upon tragedy has hit mankind.  Violence and natural disasters are yearly occurrences; now add COVID into the mix, and it’s been an extra difficult year.  As a northern California resident, I am reminded daily of the trials people face as I look out onto a smoky world and watch ash swirl around in the air.  Fires, floods, storms, tornados, pandemics, illness, financial loss, death.  Life is difficult.  Our world is mired with difficulty, and trials come on every side.  However, we don’t have to navigate life’s hardships on our own, and today’s song is a great reminder that there is always someone beside us as we face the hardships in life.

“Another in the Fire” by Hillsong UNITED is a beautiful worship song reminding us of the promises in Isaiah 43:1-3.  No matter what we go through in life, Jesus will stand with us in the fire, He’ll walk with us through the waters, and He will never leave us nor forsake us.  The imagery in this song is taken from the story in Daniel of the three godly men being thrown into the fiery furnace.  These men did not die, and when the king of Babylon looked into the furnace, he saw a fourth man walking with the other three.  The fourth man was Jesus.
 
So whether you’re facing the challenges of a literal fire, being flooded and overwhelmed by the waters of anxiety and fear, or navigating proverbial fires and challenges that seem all consuming, this song is for you.  It is a reminder for your soul that no matter what you go through, what you face, what life brings your way, there will always be another in the fire standing next to you.  You are never alone.
 
My favorite parts of this song are the three choruses which are all slightly different. The first one starts by reminding us of what Jesus has given us through the cross, then it reminds us of His power over death.  Finally, the last chorus includes our response to the promises and power of Christ.  It’s a declaration of faith and trust that we will embrace the trials and find joy in them because we know that Jesus will walk with us through them.

“There’ll be another in the fire
Standing next to me
There’ll be another in the waters
Holding back the sea"

​I pray that this song will remind you the presence and nearness of Jesus in your life, and that you’ll take the journey from acknowledging Jesus’ power to embracing the storms and fires of life and taking joy in knowing that in the middle of those storms is where Jesus is.  Here’s “Another in the Fire” by Hillsong UNITED.

"Another in the Fire"
by Hillsong UNITED

There's a grace when the heart is under fire
Another way when the walls are closing in
And when I look at the space between
Where I used to be and this reckoning
I know I will never be alone

There was another in the fire
Standing next to me
There was another in the waters
Holding back the seas

And should I ever need reminding
Of how I've been set free
There is a cross that bears the burden
Where another died for me
There is another in the fire

All my debt left for dead beneath the waters
I'm no longer a slave to my sin anymore
And should I fall in the space between
What remains of me and this reckoning
Either way I won't bow to the things of this world
And I know I will never be alone

There is another in the fire
Standing next to me
There is another in the waters
Holding back the seas

And should I ever need reminding
What power set me free
There is a grave that holds no body
And now that power lives in me
There is another in the fire

I can see
And I can see the light in the darkness
As the darkness bows to Him
I can hear the roar in the heavens
As the space between wears thin
I can feel the ground shake beneath us
As the prison walls cave in
Nothing stands between us
Nothing stands between us

There is no other name but the name that is Jesus
He who was and still is, and will be through it all
So come what may in the space between
All the things unseen and this reckoning
And I know I will never be alone

There'll be another in the fire
Standing next to me
There'll be another in the waters
Holding back the seas

And should I ever need reminding
How good You've been to me
I'll count the joy come every battle
'Cause I know that's where You'll be

I can see the light
And I can see the light in the darkness
As the darkness bows to Him
I can hear the roar in the heavens
As the space between wears thin
I can feel the ground shake beneath us
As the prison walls cave in
Nothing stands between us
Nothing stands between

There'll be another in the fire
Standing next to me
There'll be another in the waters
Holding back the seas
And should I ever need reminding
How good You've been to me
I'll count the joy come every battle
'Cause I know that's where You'll be