He's with YOU!
September 2012
"Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the (very) close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be). Matthew 28:20 AMP
"Then Nebuchadnezzar said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him......." Daniel 3:28 AMP
Three men: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. One name: Jesus! In Daniel 3, King Nebuchadnezzar built a huge golden image and commanded all the people to fall down and worship it whenever they heard the sound of his musical herald. Anyone who failed to bow and worship this image would be thrown into the furnace. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego chose not to bow and worship the golden image. They were determined to obey and worship God only, and thus were reported to the king. Let's stop here. In your life circumstances, obstacles, and the things of this world will try to get you to "bow." Bow by being in unbelief, bow by being in doubt, bow by walking in fear and not by faith ....etc. But as we will see by the example set by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego....that not bowing will always lead to victory!
Courageously, with bold faith and trust in God they stood before the king as he pressured them to deny their God. They said, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up." (Daniel 3:16-18, ESV) You see Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were not doubting God's ability to deliver them from the fiery furnace, they were letting the king know that if he decided to put them in the furnace that their God; the God that they serve, worship, and bow to will not only deliver them from the furnace, but also from out of his hands! And if the king decided to not put them in the furnace....they let him know that they would not compromise, change/relax their standards, but that they would continue to serve the God of their salvation! Furious with pride and rage, Nebuchadnezzar ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than normal. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were bound and cast into the flames. The fiery blast was so hot it killed the soldiers who had escorted them. But as King Nebuchadnezzar peered into the furnace, he marveled at what he saw: "But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods." (Daniel 3:25, ESV) You see, although the fire was heated 7 times hotter than usual; right in the midst of the fire they were not alone! Just like them, right in the midst of the trial, obstacle, circumstance, or situation that you are experiencing.....YOU ARE NOT ALONE! YOU HAVE SOME POWERFUL COMPANY!
When the king told them to come out of the fire that was 7 times hotter than usual, the hair on their heads were not harmed, nor were their clothes affected and guess what.....there was no fragrance/evidence on them that they had ever been in the fire! Needless to say, this made quite an impression on Nebuchadnezzar who declared, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants, who trusted in Him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God." (Daniel 3:28, ESV) Through God's miraculous deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that day, the rest of the Israelites in captivity were given freedom to worship and protection from harm by the king's decree. AND Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego received a royal promotion. So on top of being delivered from the furnace with no evidence that they had ever been in the fire; their obedience to God not only protected their lives, but changed/impacted the lives of others AND caused them to be promoted!
So, how does this relate to you? Right now you could be experiencing in your life a furnace. Your furnace could be a seemingly impossible situation, or a mountain that seems as though it won't move in your life and the devil is probably making that circumstance, obstacle, adversity....etc. 7 times hotter than before....but YOU have some good news! God is with you right now in your furnace! He is in your midst and not only is He with you and for you, but He is getting ready to deliver you from it and there SHALL BE NO EVIDENCE that you went through what you went through. You won't smell, look, or feel like you've been through anything. Your committment to God, your uncompromising obedience to God, and faith in His Word will not only protect, deliver, and promote you, but others will come to know the great God that you serve through YOUR TESTIMONY! This is YOUR season and YOUR time for God to make a way out of no way and to show Himself strong in your life! You cannot and will not fail when God is with you! You cannot be defeated when God is with you! Today, no matter how "hot" the situation may seem..... dare to believe God, dare to serve a God Who loves you unconditionally, dare to stand up and out for Jesus with unwavering, unrelenting, and bold faith! When you stand for God, He will stand for you! This is the season for you to come out. I believe that just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, God will deliver you in such a way that you will have to tell others of what God did for you in your life....because there will be no evidence that you went through what you went through! The odds may be stacked against you. Everyone may say that your dream is impossible....but just know that God is with you! He sees YOU! He has not forgotten about YOU! He knows what you are in need of! While you are trying to figure "it" out.....know that God has already worked "it" out! So stand with your head held high knowing that the God of your salvation, the God of the impossible, the God that has never and will never lose a case......IS WITH YOU! Be encouraged!
"Then Nebuchadnezzar said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him......." Daniel 3:28 AMP
Three men: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. One name: Jesus! In Daniel 3, King Nebuchadnezzar built a huge golden image and commanded all the people to fall down and worship it whenever they heard the sound of his musical herald. Anyone who failed to bow and worship this image would be thrown into the furnace. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego chose not to bow and worship the golden image. They were determined to obey and worship God only, and thus were reported to the king. Let's stop here. In your life circumstances, obstacles, and the things of this world will try to get you to "bow." Bow by being in unbelief, bow by being in doubt, bow by walking in fear and not by faith ....etc. But as we will see by the example set by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego....that not bowing will always lead to victory!
Courageously, with bold faith and trust in God they stood before the king as he pressured them to deny their God. They said, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up." (Daniel 3:16-18, ESV) You see Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were not doubting God's ability to deliver them from the fiery furnace, they were letting the king know that if he decided to put them in the furnace that their God; the God that they serve, worship, and bow to will not only deliver them from the furnace, but also from out of his hands! And if the king decided to not put them in the furnace....they let him know that they would not compromise, change/relax their standards, but that they would continue to serve the God of their salvation! Furious with pride and rage, Nebuchadnezzar ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than normal. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were bound and cast into the flames. The fiery blast was so hot it killed the soldiers who had escorted them. But as King Nebuchadnezzar peered into the furnace, he marveled at what he saw: "But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods." (Daniel 3:25, ESV) You see, although the fire was heated 7 times hotter than usual; right in the midst of the fire they were not alone! Just like them, right in the midst of the trial, obstacle, circumstance, or situation that you are experiencing.....YOU ARE NOT ALONE! YOU HAVE SOME POWERFUL COMPANY!
When the king told them to come out of the fire that was 7 times hotter than usual, the hair on their heads were not harmed, nor were their clothes affected and guess what.....there was no fragrance/evidence on them that they had ever been in the fire! Needless to say, this made quite an impression on Nebuchadnezzar who declared, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants, who trusted in Him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God." (Daniel 3:28, ESV) Through God's miraculous deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that day, the rest of the Israelites in captivity were given freedom to worship and protection from harm by the king's decree. AND Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego received a royal promotion. So on top of being delivered from the furnace with no evidence that they had ever been in the fire; their obedience to God not only protected their lives, but changed/impacted the lives of others AND caused them to be promoted!
So, how does this relate to you? Right now you could be experiencing in your life a furnace. Your furnace could be a seemingly impossible situation, or a mountain that seems as though it won't move in your life and the devil is probably making that circumstance, obstacle, adversity....etc. 7 times hotter than before....but YOU have some good news! God is with you right now in your furnace! He is in your midst and not only is He with you and for you, but He is getting ready to deliver you from it and there SHALL BE NO EVIDENCE that you went through what you went through. You won't smell, look, or feel like you've been through anything. Your committment to God, your uncompromising obedience to God, and faith in His Word will not only protect, deliver, and promote you, but others will come to know the great God that you serve through YOUR TESTIMONY! This is YOUR season and YOUR time for God to make a way out of no way and to show Himself strong in your life! You cannot and will not fail when God is with you! You cannot be defeated when God is with you! Today, no matter how "hot" the situation may seem..... dare to believe God, dare to serve a God Who loves you unconditionally, dare to stand up and out for Jesus with unwavering, unrelenting, and bold faith! When you stand for God, He will stand for you! This is the season for you to come out. I believe that just like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, God will deliver you in such a way that you will have to tell others of what God did for you in your life....because there will be no evidence that you went through what you went through! The odds may be stacked against you. Everyone may say that your dream is impossible....but just know that God is with you! He sees YOU! He has not forgotten about YOU! He knows what you are in need of! While you are trying to figure "it" out.....know that God has already worked "it" out! So stand with your head held high knowing that the God of your salvation, the God of the impossible, the God that has never and will never lose a case......IS WITH YOU! Be encouraged!
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