The Faith of a Few

The Lord can put out the fire in your life, but he can also stand with you in it, and you will not be burned. I thought about it this morning, like, what if Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego didn't obey scripture? What if in the moment they heard the music, they fell down like, okay, we're gonna worship this idol and this image. We're too scared. Daniel chapter three doesn't get written the way that it does. The same is true for you. [01:07:29] (34 seconds)  #StandInFaith

What boldness, what confidence these men have. Our God can rescue us from this man. This isn't hard for him. He has done some amazing, powerful feats. This right here? Nah. I'm not worried about it. But even if God chooses to not free us from this place, he is still good, and he is still God, and we are not gonna worship these gods or this idol. Mic drop, like, let's go. [00:59:24] (39 seconds)  #FaithOverFear

And years later, as she began seeking the Lord through scripture, she realized that her baptism as a baby, it wasn't that it wasn't valid. It just didn't have any personal meaning to it because, again, we call it believer's baptism. And so she said, my baptism is not correct. I wanna make it right before the Lord and his church. And so years later, sixty some odd years in the Catholic church, she is saying, it's not about a denomination. [00:24:38] (30 seconds)  #BelieverBaptism

And not only that, that land was trying to strip them of their identity. They're trying to say, no, don't believe the God of the of the holy scriptures, You need to serve us and our kings and our gods in Babylonia. And so this was a challenge potentially for these men, but through scripture, we find that they were faithful. They never, like, cut the corners or tried to do anything that wasn't pleasing to God. They stood firm. [00:52:36] (27 seconds)  #StandFirmInFaith

All because they listened to the word, they obeyed the word, and they got to see God's mighty hand work in and through them. I really hope that's where you are today. I really do. And here's the good news. If you're not, you can repent right now. And you can say, Lord, I've I've been scared of the things of this world, and I have not followed your word because I'm too worried about life. You can say, I'm sorry, Lord. I repent. [01:11:06] (32 seconds)  #RepentAndReturn

But, Lord, it gave me a new insight of what it might have been like to be these men, to be standing in the fire not alone. Lord, the things that bound them, those are the things that burned up, but their life was saved by your mighty hand. And so, Lord, this morning, I pray for those that might be bound this morning with the the flesh, with the sin of this world. I pray right now they get burned up right now, and all that remains is the life in complete surrender to you. [01:12:17] (37 seconds)  #ChainsBurnAway

And so he made it very clear, when those sounds start to play, you better find yourself right here worshiping me, king Nebuchadnezzar. And all the people of Babylon wanted to please their leader, wanted to please their king. So we find that this isn't hard for them. They've been worshiping other gods already. So what's this other idol? It's fine, king Nebuchadnezzar. I will do it. Verse eight, therefore, at the time, certain Chaldeans came forward and maliciously accused the Jews, [00:56:23] (31 seconds)  #ChooseWorshipGod

When you hear the word of God and he tells you to follow his decrees, his commands, his love, and you don't do it, you might miss a miracle of walking through the fire and not being singed. So don't miss the blessing and the miracles of God because you're scared of what this world has to do to you. Be more scared about the love of God and that he wants to hold you for the rest of your life. [01:08:02] (24 seconds)  #DontMissGodsMiracles