Wednesday 6 Apr 2022

April 6: Daniel 3:24-28

Key Verse: Daniel 3:28
Then Nebuchadnezzar said, ‘Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who has sent his angel and rescued his servants! They trusted in him and defied the king’s command and were willing to give up their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.

Devotion:
Have you ever sat around a camp fire and had to move away because the flames were getting too hot to sit next to? I can remember on particular fire where a lot of rubbish was being burned, including one office chair which had a aluminium stand. The chair material and cushions burned quickly, but the stand stood for a while until the flames got too hot, then it started to melt and dripped down deeper into the fire.

Watching metal melt like that makes you realise just how hot flames can be. A furnace normally burns at a very high temperature – let alone one which the king had commanded to be burned hotter than it had ever been before. And yet, when the three men were tied up and thrown into the fire, there were not consumed by the flame as everything else was being consumed!

Indeed there was a forth person standing in the fire with them, one whom apparently looked like a son of the gods. Quite how the could identify him as being a son of the gods is not described; but what we can know is the only one who could save them from a fire that hot would have to be someone whom God was looking after, just as He was looking out for the three men!

When we are willing to place our faith and trust in God, He will always surprise us by how much He is willing to do for us. No matter what we have done in our past or how much we think we don’t deserve anything, God is going to go above and beyond our imaginations to make sure our faith and trust in Him are rewarded, be it now or later, we will know He is watching over us!

Points to Ponder:
How many time have you been let down by people?

Will you put your trust in God who does not lie?