They Didn’t Even Smell Like Smoke

They had been kidnapped, taken from their homes and families, ripped from the culture and their heritage.

Even something as fundamental as their names were changed to reflect their captor’s heathen concepts….

 

I have been studying these Hebrew boys as I read their story in the Book of Daniel.

Just think about it…three powerless youths, trapped in hostile, foreign territory were being confronted by the most powerful man on earth and threatened with a horrible, fiery death unless they performed the simple act of bowing to this statue.

What would I have done?

I might have rationalized, or compromised.

 

So, you think these guys would be at least nervous?

Their response to the king is one of the greatest examples of faith and courage found in scripture.

So how did they do it? What made them stand up for God like that?

 

They Had God’s Word, They Had Each Other, They Had an Example, most of all, They Had Faith.

 

What about me? I have a decision to make today? I have every advantage right here and now. I’ve got God’s Word, we’ve got each other for support, I have Christian examples all around me, and God is ready and waiting to give me the faith and courage to do what I know His Spirit is leading me to do.

“They would not bow…..”

“They didn’t even smell like smoke…..”

 

I want to stand for God like that don’t you?

 

In the Bonds of Calvary,