PROMOTION COMES AFTER TRIALS, TEMPTATIONS AND TRIBULATIONS.

If you can stay with God and not fear or be discouraged.  If you can remain strong and not to panic bearing in mind that your God is with you as you stay with him, I can assure you, you will laugh loud and long at the end.

God rescued Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, but not until they were cast into the burning fiery furnace heated seven time more than it was wont to be.  God did not stop Nebuchadnezzar from making the fire as hot as he wished.  God did not stop Nebuchadnezzar’s most mighty men from binding the three Hebrew boys.  He did not stop them from throwing them into the fire. God always allows the proud and wicked ones to do their worst before showing up.

Our God loves to be taken by His words because He does whatever He says He would do.  Remember what He said in the book of Isaiah: He said that when you are cast into the fire by your enemy, it will not burn you.  You will just pass through it and come out unscathed, because He will get into the fire with you and bring you out of it unhurt.

Do you believe that God can do this for you?  You’d better believe it, because it shall be done by Him.  He said it; He will do it.

For Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, it was literal, real fire.  They were thrown into the fire as villains, but they came out of it as heroes; heroes of the Lord and champions over the burning fiery furnace.

Theirs were literal fire, but the one you are passing through now, the experience you are passing through now can be likened to fire.  Whatever it may be, remember you are not alone.  Your God will make a way for you to come out of it triumphantly.  Don’t fear.

In the case of these three Hebrew boys, King Nebuchadnezzar was overwhelmed by astonishment following his observation that four men were actually discussing and walking about inside the burning fiery furnace.  It was a great novel; a thing unprecedented, unheard of hitherto.

In perplexity, awe and wonder, he moved nearer to the mouth of the burning fire and called Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to come out of the fire and come to him.  The three men came out.  It was a humbling experience for the powerful, proud, arrogant and cocky king.

Remember that this godless, idolatrous king had arrogantly threatened the three Hebrew boys “…but if you worship not (his golden image and gods), ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?”

Did Nebuchadnezzar discover that God?  Hear his submissive and humble statement when he discovered what God could do: “… Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God come forth…”

King Nebuchadnezzar discovered and without doubt, concurred that there is a God that is “The Most High God”.  He discovered, concurred and submitted and then made a decree and declared: “… Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, who hath sent his angel and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god; except their own God.  Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation and language, which speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. And the King PROMOTED Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the province of Babylon.

Can you just ponder a little over what happened here?  At the end of the “EXECUTION” of the three Hebrew boys, and the execution was overruled and rendered nul and void by the Supreme power of God, king Nebuchadnezzar repented and PROMOTED Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. Hallelujah!

In your own case, God will do great things in your life and situation that will make those your oppressors to repent and join you to worship your wonder working God.

In the same way, King Darius of Persia called out Daniel from the den of lions when he saw the awesome power of God to deliver those who trust in him.  After bringing out Daniel from the midst of the hungry lions, the king Darius ordered those who conspired against Daniel to drink the same bitter pill of their wicked conspiracy.  They were cast into the same lions den.

Their own was worse because, not only were they themselves cast into the den of lions; their wives and children too were cast there as well.  The Bible records that the lions made minced meat of them.  They were devoured and eaten on the spot by the hungry lions.

The law of divine boomerang took its course on them, as the Bible says it should be: “…Behold he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. He made a pit and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.  His mischief shall return upon his own head and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate”.

Those conspirators paid for their conspiracy with their lives, while the ones they conspired against came out unhurt and were promoted I stead of death.

I encourage you to stick with God and don’t despair.  You will laugh last.  Whether it is a certain nassisssist that is harassing you whether in your home or place of work, tormenting and making life miserable for you, maintain your peace and be calm.  You will laugh loud and long at them them in the end.

After rain comes sunshine.  No condition is permanent.  Your challenges will come to an end and your promotion will come.  Only remain unshakeable and immoveable with your God.  He has not forgotten you and will never forget you.

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