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Daniel 3

When trouble becomes persistent and intense, when there is no way out, what the trouble is saying to you is Òand who is the god that will deliver you from my hands.Ó All that you have to do is to tell that trouble in prayer (by using the word of God that is power) and in action (which is to remain consistent in godly conduct) that you have no need to answer in the matter. Let the trouble know that your God whom you serve will deliver you. Do you serve Him indeed and in truth? Do you serve Him with all of your heart all of your soul and all of your strength? Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego were once in a situation where a problem was harassing and questioning their God. They refused to fall down and worship an ordinary gold image and they were threatened with a burning fiery furnace. Also they were questioned, ÒAnd who is your god who will deliver you from my hands?Ó(Daniel 3:15). The response of the three friends stated in Daniel < ?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>3:16, ÒShadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, ÒO Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 ÒIf that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 ÒBut if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not worship the gold image which you have set up.Ó Can you say it with confidence that you are serving Him? Serving God is not by mouth or noise making, serving Him is not by emotional display? The three friends were so sure of their stand in the Lord to the point that if God did not deliver them, it would not have been because He could not. Your courage that is based on your relationship with God and your character that is based on how you walk in the word by the grace of God is what will terminate persistent trouble. He is absolutely and undeniably a faithful God.