DAILY READINGS: 2 Kings 17; Jeremiah 51:1-24; 1 Timothy 1
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Daniel 3:17-18
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were threatened with a horrible death in a fiery furnace. They knew that God could deliver them, but accepted the possibility that He might allow them to enter the furnace. Their faith and confidence did not rest on the false premise that God exempts His people from the fires of affliction. May the Lord give us that spirit of submission that is ready to accept whatever He wills.—W. H. Burnett
Our times are in Thy hand, whatever they may be,
Pleasing or painful, dark or bright, what best may seem to Thee.—W. F. Lloyd