Wednesday Scripture: Daniel 3
God is Able
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The king asked, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t respect my gods and refuse to worship the gold statue that I have set up? I’m giving you a second chance. When the big band strikes up you must go to your knees and worship the statue I have made. If you don’t worship it, you will be pitched into a roaring furnace. Who is the god who can rescue you from my power?”
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered King Nebuchadnezzar, “Your threat means nothing to us. If you throw us in the fire, the God we serve can rescue us from your roaring furnace and anything else you might cook up, O king. But even if he doesn’t, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference, O king. We still wouldn’t serve your gods or worship the gold statue you set up.”
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Our God is able to deliver!
We all know the story of the three young men delivered from death in the fiery furnace.
But the real miracle took place BEFORE the death sentence.
The real miracle was freedom from fear,
freedom from intimidation,
freedom of spirit and soul.
In 2020 God is still able to deliver us from death.
But if not, God has already delivered us from fear.
That is still the real miracle.