"Oh Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." Daniel 3:16-18
In light of certain death, three men from Israel refused to bow before a king and his powerless god. With confidence, they told him that their God, the one true God, had the ability to save them. Yet, with an attitude I doubt many of us had today, they were willing to burn to death if He chose not to do so. How could they do this? Because they knew they served the mighty and good God of the universe, and that His plans were bigger and farther reaching than their own little lives. They were willing to suffer and die with the knowledge that God could save them, but might chose not to.
Do we live and pray with this attitude? Do I live with the knowledge that God could make me happy or comfortable in a situation and praise Him even when He does not? Do I believe that His plans are better than mine? Or do are all my pretty words just head knowledge?
What do you really believe?
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