Unreserve Your Faith

From today’s reading…

So let our sacrifice be in your presence today

as we follow you unreservedly;

for those who trust in you cannot be put to shame.”

Daniel had a lot to write in chapter three (100 verses). 

Today he recounts the evil ways of King Nebuchadnezzar and how he treated Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, a.k.a. Azariah, for not worshipping his golden statue.

Spoiler alert: the king’s men were consumed in the flames while those loyal to God were saved.

They were saved for their unreserved faith.

To avoid shame and to be dealt with “kindness and great mercy,” and to avoid the eternal flames, take a knee only for the Lord, which is the only way to…

Stay the course. Keep the faith. Endure.