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Journey of Life audio set
In this CD set Andy Elmes will inspire you to enjoy the journey and to do it
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_Includes a bonus CD recorded at the 2009 Faith Works Bible College
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Good morning, Champion! The weekend is here again. Here's a Friday fry up
for you. Lets look at a thought from book of Daniel, the famous account of
the furnace and the Fourth man, hope this gives you something to think about
and digest over the weekend.
=WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES=
Daniel 3:24–25 (NKJV)
"Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke,
saying to his counselors, 'Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of
the fire?' They answered and said to the king, 'True, O king.' 'Look!' he
answered, 'I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they
are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.'"
If you look for Jesus in the whole Bible, not just the Gospels, you will see
Him (or a type or shadow of Him) in every single book. Throughout the Old
Testament He pops up, and one of the greatest examples of this is here in
Daniel 3 when He appears in the fire with the three men who stood up for God
before Nebuchadnezzar. If you get chance this weekend to read Daniel 3 go
ahead and do so – it's a great chapter.
The three men – Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego – had taken a stand to only
worship God; they had rejected the political correctness of their day and
stood out in the crowd for it. As with Daniel they had been set up by other
envious leaders, boxed into a corner where it was down to them worshipping a
golden statue erected as a god to see if they would live or die. They
refused and were thrown into a furnace that had been heated seven times
hotter because of the king's annoyance at them. The king, thinking he had
sorted the problem, looked into the furnace and saw the three men perfectly
well and also another person. The reason He was _like the Son of God_ was
because He _was_ the Son of God!
When you take a stand to live a life where you 'turn up and stand up for
God' He will turn up and stand up for you - in the good places _and_ in the
challenging ones, too. We do not face a physical furnace but we do face
other furnace-like challenges in life: the fire of people's opinion who
don't like God, the fire of mockery and threats of what we could lose, the
fires of trials and persecutions. Stand for Him and He will turn up for
you!
As with Daniel in the account of the lion's den, the day ended a lot
different to how it began. The day began with the three men being thrown
into a fire for what they believed, and a nation that would not recognize
their leadership or their God. The day ended with the people who had set
them up being thrown into the furnace, and with the three men being promoted
and their God becoming famous in the land, and honored by the once
unbelieving king.
_"What a difference a day makes - 24 little hours": live a life where you
stand up for Him and He will cause a bad day to turn into a great one! _
If you face a furnace today of one sort or another, stay in faith - step
into it knowing your righteousness in Him, and that God can _and will_ save
the day, then wait for everything to turn around for your benefit when the
fourth man arrives!
It may take a day, like it was for the three men, or maybe it will take a
little longer - keep trusting, the fourth man will be there in perfect time.
God bless you, live for the true King (the one who comes and joins you in
the furnace).
Andy
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