THURSDAY, JANUARY 21
Scripture: Daniel 3:8-18

Accusation is inevitable when we stand for righteousness! Idolatry is wrong. Murder is wrong! Killing a baby on the day it is born because we don’t want it is unquestionably wrong. This is the national policy of a political party 7 that owns our media, controls our educational system and now steals elections. Can a Bible-believer stay silent? Judgment needs to perhaps start in the church on the head of every minister who thinks mercy is God’s response to blatant wickedness. There comes a point when every individual has to declare which side they are on! Did Daniel’s three friends know for a fact that God was going to save them? After all, courage is far easier to maintain when one is certain of deliverance. We read in Daniel 3:16-18, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, ‘O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up.’” Daniel’s friends admitted that while they knew God COULD save them from the fiery furnace, they did not EXPECT Him to. In addition to being bold in standing up for God, they also accepted full well the responsibility for their actions and the harsh consequences. Their love for God was such that they were willing to lay down their lives rather than bow before an idol, or make an idol out of the king!