![]() ![]() Why should my heart be lonely, and long for heaven and home, Why should I feel discouraged? Why should the shadows come? Not even a hair from your head falls apart from his knowledge. And if you are his child, nothing happens to you without his permission. ![]() He’s bigger than your sin and shame, bigger than the grave. He’s bigger than cancer or a lost job or a broken marriage. This is where courage begins: God is bigger. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego’s answer to King Nebuchadnezzar’s threat shows us that these three Hebrew teenage boys had no doubt who the biggest daddy in this little drama is: “… our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace …” (Daniel 3:17 ESV). In the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, we see the soul of Christian courage-both its substance and the fuel that sustains it. What we learn in Daniel 3 is that courage is an essential quality of those who would shine in Babylon. For most of us, courage is something we have to learn and develop. I’m usually the “Veronica, did you hear that noise downstairs? You should go check it out” guy. You may think of yourself as a naturally courageous person, but that’s not me. Plenty of people have great intentions, but great intentions only come to fruition through courage. Great things in the world are only accomplished through courage. ![]()
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