Daniel 3:22-25

Jesus did not leave us alone and forsaken, He gives us Holy Spirit to protect and guide us. Every knee shall bow and tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Psalm 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

If God has placed us in a less-than situation, we can find courage by remembering God's all-sufficient grace helps us to endure hardship. The power of the resurrected Christ abides within all believers, and our weakness serves as the perfect vessel for the Almighty to display His glory to the world.

Great things are possible today because our faith rests on Christ's strength. First5 

When we offer Jesus our limitations, we can trust He will perfect the work He has begun in us and bring His plan to completion. Our Savior has provided His servants with the great gift of the Holy Spirit to empower us to share the gospel message wherever we go. In less-than-ideal circumstances, we have the opportunity to testify that Christ in us is the hope of glory. We may feel unqualified, but the Holy Spirit will help us and teach us what to say. First5 

Life, in its brokenness, is not to be contained, explained or fixed. As if we recover, and move on to “real life,” you know, the non-messy parts. When we need to move past the life we have now, we miss the glory, beauty and tender purity in the cacophony. We miss the sacrament of the present moment. That even in the sorrow and the pain and the unknowing, there is a whiff of the holy. SabbathMoments 

Daniel 3:22-25  Nebuchadnezzar Praises God

22 Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. 23 And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. 24 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.” 25 “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.”  The New King James Version

Theophanies When King Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed that the fourth man walking about in the fiery furnace with Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego was “like the Son of God”, it may be an overstatement to say that he recognized Jesus. Yet even though he worshiped other gods, Nebuchadnezzar somehow knew that this mysterious fourth figure was divine. Although the doctrine of the Triune God was not fully revealed until Jesus’ time, we find clues that God was preparing humanity for this truth. In the Old Testament, such foreshadowings of God or the preincarnate Christ in a visible form are called theophanies, meaning “appearances of God.” These theophanies include the Angel who comforted Hagar, the visitor who revealed to Abraham and Sarah that they would have a son, the Lord’s appearance to Moses in the burning bush, the pillars of cloud and fire that led the Israelites from Egypt, and Moses’ glimpse of God on Sinai. Some people would also include as a theophany the appearance of Melchizedek, the priest-king of Salem, who gave wine and bread to Abram. The Old Testament contains nearly 80 references to the Spirit of God and anticipates the arrival of God’s Son, the Messiah, who would deliver His people. Daniel also calls Christ the Son of Man. These theophanies were temporary, however. They were hints of the incarnation of Christ, fully human and fully divine, who would live among and redeem His people. The NKJV Study Bible.

In his rage, Nebuchadnezzar thinks nothing of the lives of some of his best soldiers. The three Hebrew youths fall into the fire because they would not bow before the image. The king is amazed, but he is also frightened and horrified. The men are not hurt either by the fall or the flames. Jews in exile can be certain of God’s protection over those who remain faithful to His commands. The Aramaic phrase here for “son of the gods” is akin to the Hebrew phrase “son of God/the gods,” which is generally a reference to spiritual beings sent from God. Nebuchadnezzar sees the three men and a spiritual being in the fiery furnace. The man was a divine being sent to render service to the three Hebrew youths. Faithlife Study Bible

Psalm 91:3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence.

Psalm 91:5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Psalm 91:6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

Isaiah 43:2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you.