MIDWEEK MEDITATION

14 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? 15 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 3:14-15

They stood alone. Thousands of people all kneeling before a statue, thousands of eyes, and thousands of reasons to bow down. Yet they stood. They stood for what they believed in and for who they believed in. God had shown up in their lives before and they believed He would do so again. 

It was costly. They knew they were putting everything on the line including their very lives. The king was furious and their punishment was swift and brutal. As they were marched to the edge of an intense furnace that would end their lives everyone was watching to see if their God would save them. 

But God didn’t. He didn’t save them from the fire, He met them in it. God doesn’t promise to save us from the trials in our lives, but He does promise to be with us in them.

May you have the courage to stand, knowing that you are never alone.