"But if not, God is still good."

17 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.
18 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

King Nebuchadnezzar decided to put up a large golden image to be worshipped by all of the people.  An idol selected and created at the instruction of the King.  The people gathered in from of the idol and when the music began to play, everyone was to bow and worship the idol.  The Three Hebrew Boys: Shadrack, Meshack, and Abednigo were discovered standing and not worshipping in the midst of all the worshippers.  They were brought to the King and were told that if they didn't bow, they would be thrown in the fiery furnace.  We know the story--while they respected the King, they would not worship anyone other than the one true God and even if they weren't saved from the furnace they will still believe in Him--so while they were thrown in the furnace, God was with them and they were not consumed and the King recognized the power of the one true God!

We sometimes find ourselves in trials and struggles that will only be fixed if we allow ourselves to compromise what we know God has told us to do or NOT to do.  When we compromise, one of two things happen:  we transform, losing sight of God, or we say no and go through the storm, holding on to God with all our might.

I'm not saying that when we say yes to God that everything will come as we ask in our time--what I AM saying is that sometimes we have to just rest in God, knowing that He has us while we go through.

It's a struggle sometimes, just in the "going through", but just like the Three Hebrew Boys, no matter WHAT comes my way, no matter how dark my days might get, no matter the silence I might encounter waiting for God to come through, He is STILL good, I will STILL be faithful and trust in Him; but if God says NO or if I never come out of my storm, GOD IS STILL GOOD.
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