"If that is the case, our God who we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O King." (Daniel 3:17) Because Shadrack, Meshack, and Abed-Nego would not bow down to the gold image, the fiery furnace would be their fate. But they knew, as we as Christians should know, that our fate in in the hands of God. We belong to God, we are to be His instruments in fulfilling His purposes in this world, whatever specifically that might be. And if that means to suffer and die in accomplishing that purpose, than so be it. But that is not what we want to hear. I thought that we as Christians in America were not exposed to this type of suffering and sacrifice, until nine people who were involved in a Bible study, were gunned down and killed in Charleston, South Carolina. When it comes close to home, it makes us think. And causes us to question: Would we be ready to die for the cause of the Gospel, if it came our way? Our answer should be the same as these three Hebrew heroes, who stood up for God, in this pagan culture. Knowing that no matter what, our God will deliver us, and if it is His will that we suffer death at the hands of others, HE WILL call us home to be with Him for eternity. Yes, our fate, is sincerely, and eternally in God's Hands. GP
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