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Wednesday, November 25, 2009"Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
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.
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."
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.
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."
-Daniel 3:16-18
A lot of times we talk about how Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego had faith that the Lord was able to deliver them from the fiery furnace. But I want us to focus for a moment on three very important words in verse 18: "But if not." You may think that these words reveal a lack of faith; but in reality, they knew that sometimes God's plans are different than ours. This is a lesson that each one of us has to learn.
To be honest, it's a lesson that the Lord has been teaching me. Sometimes I may question why God chooses to work the way He does, but each time I do, I get the same answer, "...My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways...for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts..." (Isaiah 55:8,9)
The other day I was talking with somebody about hunting on the ground versus hunting in a tree stand. He said, "Well, the thing about hunting in a stand is that you can see so much farther." Why can you see so much farther? Because you have a better vantage point. It's the same with God: He sees the end before we even see the beginning, and we have to trust that His way is the right way.
The other day I was talking with somebody about hunting on the ground versus hunting in a tree stand. He said, "Well, the thing about hunting in a stand is that you can see so much farther." Why can you see so much farther? Because you have a better vantage point. It's the same with God: He sees the end before we even see the beginning, and we have to trust that His way is the right way.
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