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Monday, August 27, 2012

I can only imagine the awe and worship

. . . bursting from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego's hearts after escaping the firey furnace unburnt. Amazingly, their hair was not singed, and their clothes were not scorched with no smoke-smell. But more amazing is Jesus walking with them in the fire. Don't you know they wanted to tell their mamas. But their mamas were not there.
Captured by Nebuchadnezzer and taken to Babylon, these guys and their friend, Daniel, had done well in captivity until the 91' golden idol appeared. When commanded to worship it, they refused. The king threatened to throw them in the fiery furnace.
Daniel 3:17-18 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 thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
They stood firm on their convictions, stunning the king when they didn't burn and the fourth man appeared. Its amazing that he recognized Him as the Son of God.
In the midst of your trials, Jesus is walking with you through your fire, able to deliver you. 
2 Timothy 2:7 For God hat not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.