Monday, August 21, 2006

This morning I read about Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in Daniel 3. These guys were pretty amazing! They are being prepared to be thrown into a fiery furnace and their response to the king is "O 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 save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." The furnace was so hot that the men throwing them into the fire were killed. Yet, they survived and "their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them." It is so easy to limit ourselves by not recognizing how truly awesome is our God.

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