Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednigo were cast into a fiery furnace because they would not bow down and worship King Nebuchadnezzar. Even to save their lives, these courageous young men would not bow before a false god.
What is your fiery trial? What life-threatening situation are you facing?
There are reports of mysterious deaths related to efforts to un-do a certain political candidate. Is it mere coincidence or is there credence to a long-observable pattern of systematic removal by that candidate and her cohorts of anyone who stands between her and her goals?
There are new diseases on the rise--one being the 'zika virus,'
especially dangerous to unborn children, which originated in South
America but has cropped up in Florida.
There are threats of meteor strikes upon the earth that will decimate the world's population.
There are on-going threats of terrorists against random populations that can cause massive loss to innocen human life.
There is the on-going reality of war, which destroys the people and the infrastructure caught in the throes of its massive carpet bombing.
But the story of the three men in the fiery furnace did not end with their demise; in fact, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednigo were not alone in their fiery trial. There was a fourth Man with them, who "was like unto the Son of God." Daniel 3:25
That same fourth Man is with you in the midst of your blazing inferno.
He is with the political adversary who is attempting to right grievous wrongs in the government.
He is with the anxious mother who prays for the well-being of her children.
He is watching over the earth He made and He will not allow destruction to befall this unique planet until His end-time scenario is accomplished.
He holds the terrorist and the terrorized alike in the hollow of His hand, and He will not allow the one to go unpunished if he brutalizes the other.
He will not allow the ravages of war to undo mankind until that great Battle of Armageddon when the forces of evil shall be destroyed by the Army of Heaven.
The three men in the fiery furnace emerged "without the scent of smoke upon them." Daniel 3:27
When you walk with Jesus, you, too, will emerge from your fiery trial unscathed.
There are threats of meteor strikes upon the earth that will decimate the world's population.
There are on-going threats of terrorists against random populations that can cause massive loss to innocen human life.
There is the on-going reality of war, which destroys the people and the infrastructure caught in the throes of its massive carpet bombing.
But the story of the three men in the fiery furnace did not end with their demise; in fact, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednigo were not alone in their fiery trial. There was a fourth Man with them, who "was like unto the Son of God." Daniel 3:25
That same fourth Man is with you in the midst of your blazing inferno.
He is with the political adversary who is attempting to right grievous wrongs in the government.
He is with the anxious mother who prays for the well-being of her children.
He is watching over the earth He made and He will not allow destruction to befall this unique planet until His end-time scenario is accomplished.
He holds the terrorist and the terrorized alike in the hollow of His hand, and He will not allow the one to go unpunished if he brutalizes the other.
He will not allow the ravages of war to undo mankind until that great Battle of Armageddon when the forces of evil shall be destroyed by the Army of Heaven.
The three men in the fiery furnace emerged "without the scent of smoke upon them." Daniel 3:27
When you walk with Jesus, you, too, will emerge from your fiery trial unscathed.
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