Please read parts 1-3 if you haven't!
King Nebuchadnezzar just asked the three Hebrews to come out of the fire! At precisely the right time, Jesus will call you out of your trial. He is with you in it, and is seeing you through it, and will lead you out of it!
They came out, and the king's high officials, governors, and advisors all crowded around them. The men were not burned, their hair wasn't scorched, and their clothes didn't even smell like smoke. God will use your circumstances to bring honor to His name!
King Nebuchadnezzar said:
Praise their God for sending an Angel(Jesus) to rescue his servants! They trusted their God and refused to obey my commands. Yes, they chose to die, (if they had to), rather than to worship or serve any god except their own. And I won't allow people of any nation or race to say anything against their God. What relevance do you think the golden image had at this point? Would you have gone home in awe of the beautiful gold image, or expressing the awesome miracle of God's power that you, and thousands like you, had just witnessed! The golden image was shown to be useless that day!
So the king spoke, "So I now give this command: Anyone from any nation or language who says anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn apart and have his house turned into a pile of stones. No other god can save his people like this."After this happened, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in Babylon Province."Wow, so these three Hebrews who loved God enough to die for Him were promoted higher in the government!
Do you love God enough to stand with Him no matter what? Would your faith remain strong, or would you run in fear? Faith is a girt, you know. Would you complain and start wavering in faith? Our natural, sinful inclination is to run in fear, complain, doubt and question God. It's not wrong to ask why as long as you still trust that God knows best, and agree to His will in your life. I have asked why, and have gone through battles of faith. We all do, because there is an enemy of our soul, Satan, that wants us to blame God instead of himself. He paints God as some tyrant that is waiting to condemn us, that will torture people in fire forever. Is that the picture of God that you get from this story? God allowed this trial to bring many heathen people into a relationship with Himself, because they saw His power! Every seeming impossibility is an opportunity for a miracle from God!
Psalm 13 is a picture of David's struggle with suffering, and then His praise to God because He trusts Him! "How long will you forget me, Lord? Forever? How long will you hide from me?
How long must I worry and feel sad in my heart all day? How long will my enemy win over me?
Lord, look at me. Answer me, my God; tell me, or I will die.
Otherwise my enemy will say, "I have won!" Those against me will rejoice that I've been defeated.
I trust in your love. My heart is happy because you saved me. I sing to the Lord
because he has taken care of me." David KNEW that God had delivered him through many trials before. God is faithful.
Spend time in the Bible, and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you into a close bond with Jesus, and He will. You can trust God much more than you trust those you are closest to. This is a lifelong learning process:-)
This story is also a picture of the last days. Spiritual Babylon will come against God's commandment keeping people, trying to cause them to worship against the dictates of their conscience. They will be threatened with death. Many are being martyred now, but then spiritual Babylon will make it much more intense. God will be with His people, and then Jesus will come to deliver them!!!!!!!
In my next post, I will go over Daniel 4. Some great Bible study websites are:
www.biblos.com www.biblegateway.com www.esword.com
God B in U & through U, Joy J
King Nebuchadnezzar just asked the three Hebrews to come out of the fire! At precisely the right time, Jesus will call you out of your trial. He is with you in it, and is seeing you through it, and will lead you out of it!
They came out, and the king's high officials, governors, and advisors all crowded around them. The men were not burned, their hair wasn't scorched, and their clothes didn't even smell like smoke. God will use your circumstances to bring honor to His name!
King Nebuchadnezzar said:
So the king spoke, "So I now give this command: Anyone from any nation or language who says anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn apart and have his house turned into a pile of stones. No other god can save his people like this."After this happened, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in Babylon Province."Wow, so these three Hebrews who loved God enough to die for Him were promoted higher in the government!
Do you love God enough to stand with Him no matter what? Would your faith remain strong, or would you run in fear? Faith is a girt, you know. Would you complain and start wavering in faith? Our natural, sinful inclination is to run in fear, complain, doubt and question God. It's not wrong to ask why as long as you still trust that God knows best, and agree to His will in your life. I have asked why, and have gone through battles of faith. We all do, because there is an enemy of our soul, Satan, that wants us to blame God instead of himself. He paints God as some tyrant that is waiting to condemn us, that will torture people in fire forever. Is that the picture of God that you get from this story? God allowed this trial to bring many heathen people into a relationship with Himself, because they saw His power! Every seeming impossibility is an opportunity for a miracle from God!
How long must I worry and feel sad in my heart all day? How long will my enemy win over me?
Lord, look at me. Answer me, my God; tell me, or I will die.
Otherwise my enemy will say, "I have won!" Those against me will rejoice that I've been defeated.
I trust in your love. My heart is happy because you saved me. I sing to the Lord
because he has taken care of me." David KNEW that God had delivered him through many trials before. God is faithful.
Spend time in the Bible, and ask the Holy Spirit to lead you into a close bond with Jesus, and He will. You can trust God much more than you trust those you are closest to. This is a lifelong learning process:-)
In my next post, I will go over Daniel 4. Some great Bible study websites are:
www.biblos.com www.biblegateway.com www.esword.com
God B in U & through U, Joy J
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