FAITH CAPSULE: Live for God to provoke the power of God for your deliverance.
Daniel 3
God is the Almighty creator that is in position to reverse irreversible. God alone cannot late to extend His delivering power to those who look up to Him. The only thing, the only one thing which God cannot do is that, “God cannot fail”
Revelation 7:11-12 testified, “All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, saying: “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen.” In the above testimony, power is among all that belong to God. The power of God is not the power that belongs to man. Power of man will disappoint but the power of God does not fail nor sleep off to deliver.
The three friends of Daniel demonstrated the power of God that does not fail nor sleep over. The three friends proved what it means to surrender to the power of God in the place of Nebuchadnezzar’s law which called for worshiping gold image instead of worshiping God. The three friends were sentenced to death inside a burning fiery furnace yet they did not struggle but only responded to King Nebuchadnezzar’s commanding power stating, “…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 3:17-18)
Power passes power. God alone is able to carry us through and He will never leave us nor forsake us. The key to provoke the power of God for deliverance is to completely be living in surrender to the word of God. In this life, get to know the truth of God, live in truth and the power of His truth and He shall make you free. (John 8:32) The three friends knew the truth as they refused to bow down to a gold image. Jesus is the truth; He is the living word of God. God sent His word to deliver. (Psalm 107:20) Jesus the living word of God testified, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10) Power is the word of God.
The three friends went into burning fiery furnace because they did not bow for gold image. In the fiery furnace, Nebuchadnezzar saw power that passes power as he stated, “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) Listen, live life with submission to God and He will not disregard you.
Prayer for today: Ask today for the grace to be living the word of God in every walk of life.