FAITH CAPSULE: Meditate the word of God to carry is presence.
Genesis 39, Daniel 3
Meditate the word of God to carry is presence. God told Joshua to meditate on the word day and night because meditation will cause God not to leave Joshua nor forsake him. Do you meditate the word of God day and night? Are you aware of His presence in your life day and night? Claiming that God will not leave you nor forsake you without carrying His presence continuously is an error.
Identity of those who are sure of His presence is boldness and character to declare God in the face of life terminating challenge. God is faithful to decorate anyone who makes a declaration of Him in the face of challenges. Once, Joseph refused to settle for sin by declaring His God when his master’s wife approached him to lie with her. It is written, “But he refused and said to his master’s wife, “Look, my master does not know what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand. There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:8-9)
Joseph declared God to his master’s wife that God does not tolerate wickedness because wickedness is sin. Joseph declared God and God decorated Him and he eventually became a Prime Minister despite suffering for his declaration as a prisoner.
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, the three friends of Daniel, refused to worship gold image. They responded to King’s death sentence through a burning fiery furnace by making a declaration, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.” (Daniel 3:16-18)
In response to three friends of Daniel declaration, God came down to decorate them right there in the burning fiery furnace. King Nebuchadnezzar saw the miracle and declared, “Look!” he answered, “I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” (Daniel 3:25) The presence of God made the three friends to thrive in the face of terminating challenge. With God for you, the enemy cannot be more powerful.
Prayer for today: Ask for the grace upon the three friends of Daniel to answer you for deliverance and preservation.