Daniel 3:16-18

“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.”

As I was reading through the book of Daniel the faith of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-Nego really stood out to me. They stood up for their faith without wavering at any cost. They affirmed their faith and trust in the One True God alone! They believe and affirmed that God could deliver them from that fiery furnace - God can do anything that He chooses and protecting these men for their faith in Him was nothing too outrageous for God’s strength and capability. God sent protection to these men as a blessing to them when needed most, and I believe that this came directly from these three men affirming and asking without doubt for this deliverance.

There are a few different ways that I see this story in correlation to our lives today.

One these men used a positive affirmation to clearly state their intentions of deliverance by God’s power to Nebuchadnezzar, They said clearly “our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand O king” - They believed that clearly and knew that God would take care of them according to His will, grace, power and might.

The second thing I really like to point out is that they also had faith in God’s choice. “But if not,” They gave it over to God, they knew He has the ability to do anything, but they also knew that God knows what is best for His children. Even if they couldn’t see that.

Finally, with these faithful men let it known that they would not serve false gods. “let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods” they remained faithful to God despite what they might get out of it (i.e. saved from burning to death)  They let it completely known that they were faithful to God even to the death and that even if God choose there not to deliver them, eternity with God was still their security.
We have no absolute to what God chooses to do in our lives, but we have the choice to have faith, to set out positive thought process and to act ourselves in the way He would want us to. God can deliver us from any trouble here on earth, the question is will He so choose? He can heal all our sicknesses when we ask in faith, if He will choose. God is able to give us all the money from anywhere we ask for it, if He chooses… the question really is are you choosing Him?

There is one thing that we CAN be sure God chooses, and that is deliverance for Eternity! It’s a very exciting thing, while we don’t know what God’s best for us is here on earth, the best thing we can do is seek Him and serve Him and Ask of Him for this time, we can be sure that God’s will is that none should perish in hell’s fiery furnace.  Once again, by simply choosing, believing with unwavering faith, asking and receiving…God wants to deliver each one of us to Him.  He wants to do that here on earth for our best, but even more importantly is for eternity to come.

If you do not yet know Jesus Christ as your Savior, Deliver and God of all, I really would like to take time to work with you further to know this Awesome God!  Please contact me through our contacts page and we will explore God’s choice!