The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. —2 Samuel 22:2
Why do you think God preserved stories in the Bible like that of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and their deliverance from the fiery furnace? Or like Daniel and his deliverance from the lions’ den? Did He do it to show that He will always rush into any problem we face and save us so we’re left untouched?
I don’t think our experience would bear that out. We do live under God’s roof and rule, but trouble can get through the door. And sometimes, it seems, it comes to stay, no matter how fervently we pray.
But the deliverance we need most is to be rescued from God’s righteous wrath for our sin. That’s the fiery furnace, the mouth of the hungry lion, that not even death can enable us to escape. And that judgment is something we all deserve.
But God in His goodness, mercy, and grace has given us a Deliverer: Jesus Christ. And these stories in Daniel point us toward this good news of the gospel, apart from which none of us can ever be saved.
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Heaven Rules: Take courage. Take comfort. Our God is in control. ©2022 Revived Hearts Foundation
Scripture taken from The CSB
Make it Personal
Spend time praising God for our Deliverer, Jesus Christ, who has saved us from the punishment we deserve for our sin.