“The Lord shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.” – Psalms 121:7
In Daniel Chapter 3,
we read about Daniel’s friends disobeying the order of the king. Nebuchadnezzar
who was the king made an image of gold and it was ordered to fall down and
worship the idol gold image that was setup by the king.
Everyone who gathered there
obeyed the order but the friends of Daniel Shadrach, Meshach, Abed-Nego
disobeyed the king’s order and they didn’t worshiped the idol.
Nebuchadnezzar got
angry and he asked them to be brought before him. Then he asked them to worship
the idol and he warned them that they will be cast into a burning fiery furnace
if they fail to do so. As he spoke to them in anger without his knowledge he
spoke against God. The last part of verse
15 says, “...And who is the God who will deliver you from my hands?”
Not only he challenged
them but he also challenged God. Daniel’s friends faced a difficult choice. But
yet they stood firm in their faith and told the king that they will not worship
the idol and God will deliver them from his hands.
Hearing their reply
Nebuchadnezzar got too angry that he ordered to heat the furnace seven times
more than the usual heat level and cast them into the fiery furnace. Shadrach,
Meshach, Abed-Nego fell down bound into the midst of the fiery furnace.
As soon as they fell
down, Nebuchadnezzar saw another person inside the furnace walking along with
Daniel’s friends. He also saw that they were not hurt and the form of the
fourth person is like the son of God.
Then Nebuchadnezzar
asked them to come out of the fiery furnace. When Daniel’s friends came out
everyone found that even their hair and garments were not affected by the fiery
fire.
Nebuchadnezzar praised
the God who sent His angel to protect His people and he said, “...there is no
other God who can deliver like this.”
Daniel’s friends faced
the wrath of the king. They knew their life is in danger. But yet they kept
their faith upon God. They stood for God and God stood for them. God protected
them from the evil wrath of the king and the fiery furnace. God brought them
out of the fiery furnace without any hurt and promoted them in that province.
Initially Nebuchadnezzar challenged God but at last he praised God.
My dear young friends,
authorities might come against you. Your friends and loved ones might come
against you. You might be facing any kind of difficulty. Today God promises you
that He will protect you from all evil. He shall preserve you and your soul.
You might say that you
are going through a situation similar to the fiery furnace. Today Jesus Christ
says to you that you will come out that situation (fiery furnace) without any
hurt and His name will be glorified through you. Your enemy will praise God
after seeing the mighty things that God is going to do in your life in the
coming days. God bless you
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