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Daniel
3:15
Now when you hear the sound
of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes
and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall
down and worship the image I made, very good.
But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown
immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what
god will be able to rescue you from my hand?"
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March 21
Who Can Rescue?
There is perhaps no more
ironic statement in all of scripture than
Nebuchadnezzar asking what god could save from
his hand. Psalm 2:4 tells us, "The One
enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at
them." Certainly that was happening in
heaven as Nebuchadnezzar makes this boast.
Of course the answer to
Nebuchadnezzar's hypothetical question is that
the Lord can rescue from any situation. In
many parts of the world Christians are forced to
choose between facing persecution and even death
or denouncing their Lord. God
can rescue from even the worst situations.
Nebuchadnezzar thought that
he was all powerful. He would soon learn
that God was truly all powerful. The
next devotion deals with
his reaction when Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego were rescued.
Sometimes we get worked up
over politics and stupidity or corruption that
occurs in our capital cities. At times it
appears that laws are made unfairly or
immorally. We need to remember that God
placed those people in power and can humble them
just as quickly as they rose to those positions
of authority. God can rescue from the
hands of anybody and we do not need to
compromise to meet the demands of anyone.
Trust in God alone.
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