My Fourth Man in the Fire
I heard the words “my fourth man in the fire” which were a part of the lyrics to a song I was listening to called Trust in God by Elevation Worship. I knew immediately that they were talking about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who were Jewish men who worked for King Nebuchadnezzar. He had built an image of gold that he wanted everyone to worship and bow down to when music was played at a certain time. Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused to bow down to this image and they told the king that they only worshiped God.
The king had made a decree that anyone who did not obey his command when the music played would be thrown into the fire. When Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego refused, the king was so angry that he had the furnace made seven times hotter and he had them bound and thrown into the furnace. When the king looked into the furnace, to his amazement he saw a fourth person in the fire walking around with them and he said that the fourth one looks like a son of the gods. Daniel 3
Jesus will always be wherever we are. He did not stop the king from putting Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fire, but he was there with them. God had a plan that would cause the king and all those around him to know that he was God. The many situations that God allows us to be in has nothing to do with us, but we are his vessels to let others see God’s glory so they could come to know him. Scripture says, “….that then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!” Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them. Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel and delivered his servants, who trusted in him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way.” Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. Daniel 3:26-30,ESV
When you are a servant of the Most High God, you always have a fourth man in the fire! Hallelujah!
Affirmations: Matthew 10:20; Luke 24:32; Ephesians 6:19, Isaiah 55:11
You can also follow me at JCCMinistriestv:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMoEcr3koSqRbqVma5EGWgA/videos
My published books are now available at:https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Life%27s+Journey+volume+2+Jacqueline+Crooks&language=en_US&ref=nb_sb_noss