God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
Both we and our children should always trust in
God.
Upon
hearing Daniel's response from the lion's den,
King
Darius was overjoyed and did not know what to do
and
commanded that Daniel be lifted out of the lion's den.
When Daniel
came up from the den, not a single part of his body was harmed.
This
was because he had trusted in his God (Daniel 6:23).
As I
meditate on this passage, I am reminded of Daniel's three friends,
Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego. They were thrown into a furnace
heated
seven times hotter by King Nebuchadnezzar for not bowing to the golden image.
Yet,
they experienced no burns, their hair was not singed,
their
clothes were unharmed, and they did not even smell of smoke.
Consequently,
King Nebuchadnezzar acknowledged that
God
had sent His angel to save His servants who trusted in Him (3:19-21, 27-28).
In
this way, God delivers His children who trust in Him from the perils of this
harsh world,
such
as the lion's den, and ensures that not a single part of their body is harmed.
Therefore,
both we and our children should always trust in God, the eternal rock
(Isaiah
26:4), with all our hearts (Proverbs 3:5), and trust in the God
who
helps and protects us (Psalms 115:9, 10, 11).
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