Daniel 3:13-15 Furious with rage, Nebuchadnezzar summoned Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king, and Nebuchadnezzar said to them, “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the image of gold I have set up? Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe 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?”
What an interesting course of events and principles here. Nebuchadnezzar wanted Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to worship a golden image set up amidst the revelry of music.
Have you noticed that music is often used to sway people emotionally? It is nothing new...age old principle of the enemy to gain mind control. Very often people who think they would never succumb to sin will do so in an atmosphere where the music overtakes their mind.
When King Nebuchadnezzar tells these three men who are actually captive in Babylon that, “if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace”, I am pretty sure that they were scared like any other human being. But they had walked long enough and strong enough with God. These words did not intimidate them from following the Truth.
I am certain that inwardly they smiled when the King said to them, “Then what god will be able to rescue you from my hand?”
Their victory was in their silence and their confidence in the strong hand of God. The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob who created the heavens and the earth.
One day they had decided to follow hard after God and neither this day nor the circumstances that challenged that walk was going to change their commitment.
Give me an unwavering heart, O God!
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