Jesus Walks With Us-Through It ALL.

-Meditation-

Daniel 3:25-27

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Hello All! I just thank the LORD that He gives us countless opportunities to be faithful to Him, and He gives us so much help to be obedient to Him, and then when we mess up He is the ULTIMATE Giver of Grace! I am proud to say that this is the God I/we serve!!!!!!!!! Praise Him!! Thank you Jesus!

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*Who You Keep In High Regard*

Man just going throughout today has been so challenging, and very different. The LORD is teaching me more, and more about HOW I can serve Him, and how I can be more obedient, and really how He has been teaching me is that He has been breaking me by correcting me, and opening my eyes to how often I choose to honor men more than God Himself. As I have been reading earlier today, and this week I keep on coming across in the Word tons of scripture about how we need to honor God before men, and how Israel had more regard for mankind than they did for God Himself. I keep on thinking about how sometimes I listen to man rather than God, and how I do my own thing instead of listening, and obeying the voice of the LORD in what I should be doing. I hope this is making sense.

A clear pictures of honoring God first-NO MATTER WHAT- is seen in the lives of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. They were told by their authority(all of their authority-except for Daniel) to bow down to this image that the king set up, and they refused to bow down and worship it because by doing that:

#1) They would have defiled themselves

#2) They would have been unfaithful, and disobedient to Jesus

Those are both things that they were unwilling to let happen. When the king commanded them to be unfaithful to our God, he(the king) crossed the line.

I believe that we must obey our authorities, except for the condition of unfaithfulness, and disobedience to GOD, and that is what Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did. They refused to be unfaithful to Jesus, and I believe that is one thing that we desperately need to grip, and wrap our hearts around.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego did not honor man more than God, and we need to do the same no matter what it takes. Sometimes it is really hard, and sometimes we get thrown into a 'fire', but I believe that the LORD also strengthens us, and helps us to follow Him through those things.

My question for you is on these same lines, and I want to encourage you to evaluate your heart, and get rid of any compromise.

Do you honor men more than God?

Who do you hold in highest regard in your life?

Do you care more about what people(specific person?) say(s) about you, or what God says about you?

The reason I want to put these questions out here is not for you to answer back, or tell the whole world, but I want you to ask yourselves these questions, and ask the LORD to reveal to you anything you need to change in your life personally.

If you want to talk to me about it you can, but talk to the LORD about it first.

*God Amazes/Surprises Even Those Who Oppose Him*

While Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were thrown into the fire, JESUS came and walked with them in it!!!!! So when Nebuchadnezzar looked into the furnace he was dumb-founded, and couldn't even understand what he was SEEING! He saw the three men he had thrown into the furnace walking around with the LORD!!!! What an amazement, and a surprise!

The hope of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego brought them to the place of not even getting burned from within a EXTREMELY HOT FURNACE, but instead they walked with the LORD!!! This is what it looks like when we walk through the 'fire' in our lives with the LORD, even though our circumstances look really bad nothing is worse than being separated from our LOVE-our LORD Jesus! I would even say to think about this when you feel just dry, and under pressure, and just like everything is falling apart, and remember that Jesus is with you all the way! He is always here for us, and when we seek first the kingdom of God, then everything else will be added to us(Matthew 6:33)

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had such great hope in an even GREATER GOD. Praise Him we serve the SAME GOD!! Into ETERNITY!!! We will never get bored.

*Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Came Out Of The Fire-UNBURNED, and UNHARMED*Daniel 3:27

Because they walked through the fire with Jesus, and He put a covering over Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego's bodies they were completely unharmed, and unburned from the fire that they were fully immersed in-That is very radical. They got to experience this in the physical realm of heaven-here on earth. Jesus(I believe it was Jesus) actually walked with them through the fire! Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had hope, and believed in the LORD's power to do what pleased Him, and that is what they wanted.

How Awesome, and the one thing really awesome that I want to talk about also is that JESUS walks with us as well, only we have Holy Spirit, and Holy Spirit guides us, and leads us, and comforts us, and walks with us through our lives, through all of the fire, and all of the attacks from the enemy, and no matter what happens physically, or emotionally, The LORD brings us out of the fire, and presents us to Jesus unburned, and unharmed. And at the end of the age no harm wil befall us.

We will be unharmed, and without burn, because He will heal all of our wounds, and there will be no more pain(Revelation21:4)

*Jesus Was With Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego The Whole Time, Through It All*

What really is awesome about this passage that we are almost done dissecting for now is that Jesus was really with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego the whole time they did not bow down to the image, and they refused to obey the king. He was with them when they were in the furnace, and even when they got out. Right now Jesus is with them, and He remains faithful to them to this day! Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego stood faithful, and in the same way we can be faithful to Jesus.

We can trust Him in hard times, and throughout our lives when it is hard, and when it is easy, Jesus stands with us, and for us, and we also get to stand with Him, and for Him.

Be blessed in the place of revelation.

---Intercession---

Father of Glory, I just want to thank you for what you are doing, and I just ask Father that you would make yourself known to us, please give to us a spirit of wisdom, and revelation. We need desperately Your help God to even survive through the darkness that is attacking us from every side. I just pray that you would give your people confidence to walk in the Spirit, in all boldness, and truth.

Jesus you are GOOD!! YOU ARE SO GOOD! You are such a GOOD GOD! Please cover us with Your blood, and shower down on us the rains of Your GREAT LOVE.

I love You LORD, You are so SO GOOD! In Jesus Name. Amen.

Kasey