GOD WHO PROMISED, HE WILL NOT FAIL (3)

Post date: Feb 27, 2019 4:52:04 AM

Where do you place your confidence? Did you know it matters? God is calling and taking you to inherit a plan, a better plan, a higher place, and a better purpose and the devil desires to stop that and to stop you.  Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego placed their confidence in God, in the word of God and they stood on God promise trusting it even before Nebuchadnezzar, the crowd of people watching and waiting, before the burning furnace whose heat had been increased seven times beyond its limit specifically prepared for their destruction. The word of God kept them strong, the promise of God kept them hopeful and in inside the furnace, the word of God saved them, the promise of God delivered them and thereafter the reward of God promoted even before the same crowd who had come out earlier waiting and watching to see their final destruction. The pains of your afflictions, the worries of its effects and the thoughts of the futures want you to back out from following and keeping your hope alive on the words and promises of God, but as these men did not give up, and stood on the promise despite what they saw and where not only delivered but were also promoted beyond their imaginations, you will have the same experience and the same result as you stand confidently in the hope of the working power in God’s word and in the fulfillment of all of His promises to you irrespective of the fire before you.

“Therefore, believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place the place where God dwells by means of the blood of Jesus, by this new and living way which He initiated and opened for us through the veil as in the Holy of Holies, that is, through His flesh, and since we have a great and wonderful Priest Who rules over the house of God, let us approach God with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us seize and hold tightly the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is reliable and trustworthy and faithful to His word; and let us consider thoughtfully how we may encourage one another to love and to do good deeds, not forsaking our meeting together as believers for worship and instruction, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more faithfully as you see the day of Christ’s return approaching.” Hebrews 10:19-24

God is still counting your relevance in His plans and purpose, He is still holding you up high in His plans and purpose and the fires of afflictions and the pains associated with disappointments, delays, and shame will not stop Him in your life. Irrespective of your name, your location, your profession, your color, your gender, your troubles, and your previous experiences in this very life, there is a promise waiting to unfold in your life as long as you remain faithful in Christ and faithful to Him, nothing will stop that promise from being seen in your life. The men in the fire did not know God was with them and waiting to glorify His name and He did glorify His name, show them that He is God and prove them and those who were waiting that God cannot be taken for granted and that His power is beyond the thoughts, the plans and the power of men.

Nebuchadnezzar confessed thereafter. “The satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered around them and saw that in regard to these men the fire had no effect on their bodies their hair was not singed, their clothes were not scorched or damaged, even the smell of smoke was not on them. Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and rescued His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him. They violated the king’s command and surrendered their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, or language that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego shall be cut into pieces and their houses be made a heap of rubbish, for there is no other god who is able to save in this way.” Daniel 3:27-30. Prayer Request Click here