When You Are in the Fire

Daniel 3:16-18 says:

“Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.” 

• We’re not afraid of this;
• We’re not scared of this;

17 If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.”

I love that – “BUT IF NOT . . .”  They were saying, “We want you to know something King, we’re not going to back down – we’re not going to bow down – we’re not going to do what you ordered us to do because we already know what God wants us to do!”

They had Confidence as they went to that Fiery Furnace.”  And I’m telling you today that you and I can have that same confidence when we face our Fiery Furnace, because the same God that walked with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego is still God today!

Don’t you know it took a lot of faith for them to say, “You know what, we see that furnace over there heated 7 times hotter.  We know what you’re going to do to us if we don’t bow down.  But we’re still not going to give up on the faith we have in the God who will walk around in the Fiery Furnace with us!”

Friends, trust me when I say this, when you are walking around inside the fire, God isn’t on the outside watching – He’s in the fire walking with you!  We serve a God that is not going to abandon us when we face our trials; He’s not going to leave us alone when we face our problems in life.

• You may be having physical problems;
• You may have some financial problems;
• You may have some marital problems;
• Spiritually, you may be struggling.
• Maybe the devil has tested you;
• Maybe you are deep in the fire.

But child of God, you hold on, cause I’m here to tell you this morning “You’ve Got a Friend in the Fire!”

They determined in their lives that even if the Sovereign God put them in the Fiery Furnace and they lost their our lives, they were still going to trust Him.  They decided to Follow Jesus – No Turning Back – No Turning Back.

• You and I can be confident that God sees us in our lives and He is not caught by surprise;
• You and I can be confident that God can save us from the fire in our lives if He chooses;
• And we can be confident that if God puts us in the fire, and keeps us in the fire, then He knows what He’s doing.

Now, that is easy to preach; and it is easy to listen to and to Amen – but it’s not so easy to live!  BUT IT SHOULD BE.

Trust and Obey For there’s no other way;

To be Happy in Jesus;

But to Trust and Obey.