Daniel 3:13-15 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”
Daniel 3:16-18 Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King 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 deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
My level of PEACE is contingent on my level of TRUST.
Isaiah 26:3 You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Daniel 3:17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is ABLE to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.
BEGINNER Faith: Belief that God is ABLE to do a miracle.
Jeremiah 32:17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.
Daniel 3:17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he WILL deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand.
INTERMEDIATE Faith: Believing that God is WILLING to do a miracle.
Philippians 4:19 And my God WILL meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.
Daniel 3:18 But EVEN IF he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
ADVANCED Faith: Belief that God is GOOD even if I don’t get my miracle.
COMMITMENT lasts longer in COMMUNITY.
Remember, what God has done FOR ME is greater than what life is doing TO ME.
When I don’t UNDERSTAND, I choose to TRUST.
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