Friday, October 16
Read Daniel 3
Think About It:
- What link do you see between Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 2 and the image that he had created in Daniel 3?
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego surrendered themselves completely to God – body, soul, and spirit. It was the kind of submission Paul wrote of in Romans 12:1, “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.” How did they also carry out what Paul wrote in Romans 12:2, “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.“?
- Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego did not doubt God’s ability, but neither did they presume to know God’s will. In this they agreed with Job: Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him (Job 13:15). They recognized that God’s plan might be different than their desires. God can deliver us from a trial, or He can miraculously sustain and strengthen us in a trial. What has your experience been when you have had trials? Did God deliver you from it or strengthen and sustain you in it?
Family Time:
- Discuss as a family: Would you have bowed?
- Before you answer “the right” answer. Really think… Have you accepted social sins in order to avoid confrontation? Have you ever been in a situation when everyone else was doing something wrong and you, in your heart may not have supported it, but went along with it anyway as to not stand out? We need strength in these last days to stand!
