This morning, I read Daniel 3: an amazing story of three young men who stood firm for what they believed in.
There was no hesitancy on their part, in the decision to honor the one true God.
They said in verse 16, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.” It wasn’t of question to them!
The part that really stuck out to me, though, was three points brought out in a verse I hadn’t noticed before.
“Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in Him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.”
They were willing to trust God with everything, even this issue. They were willing to even go against the command of an earthly king in order to keep God from being dishonored. And they were willing to give up their very bodies to be burned, all for this cause:
The honor of God above absolutely anything else.
Those who would rather die than perform a wrong act are the only ones who will be found faithful.*
*MYP 74
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