Afgelopen Roadtrip hebben we tijdens de picknick een kleine Sharing gehouden. Hierin heb ik mogen delen over ware Vrijheid. Ware Vrijheid is het volledige vertrouwen en controle in Jezus Christus door ALLE omstandigheden… lees de Daily Word die ik vandaag heb mogen lezen. Be Blessed as I have been!
King Nebuchadnezzar had made a large statue of gold and commanded that everyone must
worship the statue whenever they heard the royal music – they must worship the
statue, or face terrible consequences! “Whoever does not fall down and worship will
immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace” (Daniel 3:6).
Daniel’s friends, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, were determined to live with an
uncompromising faith. They believed God’s Word and obeyed His commands: “You shall
have no other gods before Me…you shall not bow down to them or worship them”
(Exodus 20:3,5). These three young Jewish men took a stand and refused to worship
the golden statue. Their devotion to God was greater than their fear of the fire;
“If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from
it…But even if He does not, we will not serve your gods or worship the image of
gold you have set up” (Daniel 3:17-18).
Nebuchadnezzar was furious and followed through on his threat: “He ordered the
furnace heated seven times hotter than usual and commanded some of the strongest
soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego and throw them into
the blazing furnace” (Daniel 3:19-20). But when Nebuchadnezzar looked inside the
furnace, he was amazed by what he saw.
Daniel 3:25
“Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the
fourth looks like a son of the gods.”
As they were facing the fire, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego saw no chance of
escape, but they placed their complete trust in God – a trust which would not falter
even if they were burned. But rather than being burned by the fire, these three men
were freed from their binding ropes and walked with “a son of the gods,” who many
believe is an Old Testament reference to Jesus Christ! (The KJV renders this verse
“…like the Son of God.”) In their time of greatest need, God comforted these
young men and set them free.
The fires in our life WILL come. The heat will seem intense! But we must not fear,
or abandon what we know to be true. Our faith is ALWAYS refined and made stronger
by fire; “the testing of your faith develops perseverance” (James 1:3). Fire will
always teach us to trust more deeply and worship more sincerely. When we really
believe this truth, it will become possible to actually rejoice in the face of fire.
We can rejoice because we KNOW He is in complete and absolute control of every area
of our life – this is true freedom! Let’s walk with a bold faith, knowing our
Father is there to comfort and protect us, knowing He will strengthen us and set us
free in the fire.
Have a Christ Centered Day!
Steve Troxel
God’s Daily Word Ministries
