Taking a Stand Could Get You Fired
February 25 & 26, 2017
Stand Against the Tide: Daniel 3
Have you met people who somehow have the idea that coming to Jesus guarantees that life will be easy and pain-free? Maybe they imagine that God will always deliver Christians from every difficulty and spare us all from suffering. But that thinking doesn’t align with our lives or the life of Christ, whom we follow! Believing promises God never made will lead to disappointment.
I believe one of the biggest mistakes you can make is to place your faith in a particular outcome. Instead, our faith must remain in God himself. In prayer we submit our will to the will of God, and don’t always get what we want. But isn’t the point wanting what God wants for us?
This was the attitude of 3 young men who, years ago, were faced with a moral dilemma. We’ll read their story in Daniel 3. How they respond could get them fired, and I’m not just talking about them losing their jobs! I’ve always considered their words in verses 17 and 18 to be one of the most inspiring statements of faith in the entire Bible.
I find this lesson very meaningful. God has powerfully used this material in my life this week and my prayer is that he will use it in yours.