This morning I
got very inspired reading the book of Daniel.
Daniel and his three companions were deported to Babylon
Right away, Daniel and his friends didn't want to
compromise their Jewish believes
and be defiled with the king's food and wine. They boldly presented their
request to the one in charge of them to give them ten days with pulse to eat
and water to drink, and see how they would look. It happened that they looked
healthier than those who ate from the king's table. The Lord was with them
because they trust in their God completely.
In fact, the Lord promoted Daniel to the highest
position in the kingdom
of Nebuchadnezzar
Again their faith got tested when the King ordered a
decree that everyone should bow
done before the big golden image at the sounds of music, if not they would be
thrown into the fiery furnace.
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego took a stand of faith
and refused to bow down before the image. Being brought before the king,
they boldly exclaimed: "If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to
deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your
hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto you O king, that we will not serve
your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up." (Daniel
3:17-18)
And what happened next? : "Behold, I see four
men walking in the midst of the fire and the form of the fourth is like a son
of God [an angel of God]." (Daniel 3:25) Hallelujah! What a testimony,
they were completely protected in the fiery furnace and didn't even smell fire!
And even the king changed his mind and said to
everyone in the kingdom: “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abed-Nego, who sent his angel and delivered his servants who trusted in Him,
and they have frustrated the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they
should not serve nor worship any god except their own God!” (Daniel 3:28)
The Lord is well able to deliver his people who trust
in him to the uttermost! "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout
the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is
perfect toward him." (2Chronicles 16:9)
Jesus said: "These things have I spoken unto you,
that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but
be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." (John 16:33) Amen!
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