Talking back to the king - hmm Daniel 3:16-18

Good morning all! God is good all the time, all the time God is good. TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED!
    Well??  Did you share Jesus yesterday with anyone?  Were you so caught up in the things of the world you "forgot"?  God should be, and is the most important factor in our lives.  God #1, spouse #2, family #3 and then career.  How often is this reversed?
    Please look at Daniel 3:16-18 (click on to read) 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 your have set up."
     Wow!  What devotion these friends had.  Can you image going before a man, a king, who can have you killed in an instant and telling him - Oh, we don't answer to you. We answer to God.  Yep, that would do it.  Image going in to your boss and saying I don't answer to you.
     Well, these 3 friends in Babylon were loyal to GOD!  Can you say that in your life?  LOYAL TO GOD!!  Say it again - LOYAL TO GOD!  Now, Nebuchadnezzar was not just angry, he was PO-ed.  He probably slobbered and slung snot he was so mad.  Sooo, let us add to the fire (pun intended) the 3 friends in Babylon said,  "God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace."
    Can't you just see ole Neb's face.  Wow!!  They went on to say, they would be delivered from the kings hand.  Then, Neb was told they did not serve the gold images he had set up.  Wow!  I bet the king was huffin, puffin, slingin snot, stutterin, and anymore -in's you can think of.
   These 3 had a close friendship, but their faith was in God.  Whether they walked in and out of the fire or were consumed by the fire, their faith was and is in God.  This is where we need to be--faithful to God.   The key word here is FAITHFUL!  We can be true to the word, meaning following what it says as in ritualistic.  Or, maybe this is better, we go through the motions.  Going through the motions of being a Christian will not get you there, being faithful and following the footsteps of Jesus is where we need to tread.  Being faithful to God is where our eternal reward lies, and is worth any suffering we may encounter.  Thank you for reading today. Love you all.
   In Christ's Love and Grace
      Johnny