Against the Odds
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 3L16-18 NKJV
I. Favor Sometimes Puts You in Unfavorable Situations
A. The Favor
B. The King’s Mandate
C. The Outsiders
II. Bet On What You Know
A. The King Speaks
B.The Hebrew Boys Respond
III. Your Worship Will Prove the Oddsmakers Wrong
A. Your Worship Does Something in Unfavorable Situations
B. Their Situation in the Fire
C. Worship In the Fire
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. —Romans 12:1 NKJV
But You are holy,
Enthroned in the praises of Israel. —Psalms 22:3 NKJV