But even if He doesn't

 

Every Christian is praying for something. 

 In the quiet and darkness of the night we all whisper desires to God in our prayers, hoping He will fulfill them. We pray for safety, for health, for a loved one to come home, for healing, for a miracle, for saving, for rescue... the list continues. 

We wake up every morning with a hopeful heart that God is able to and will listen to our request and answer it. 

Then a few days pass, then a few months, and then maybe a few years and one day we wake up thinking, "What if He doesn't do it?"

 The other day I was reading about the popular trio we learn about in Sunday school:        Shadrach, Meschach, and Abednego. Living in a time where the King made it law to have to fall down  and worship a gold statue he had created. I mean talk about living in a time where being a Christian  wasn't that easy. The story goes on that these three men wouldn't bow to the statue. The King furiously brings them in and gives them the choice to worship the statue or be thrown in a burning furnace. 

What caught my attention the most was the three mens reply to the King's offer:

"If we are thrown into the blazing furnance, the God whom we serve, is able to save us. 

He will rescue us from your power... but even if He doesn't, we want to make it clear to you, 

that we will never serve your gods or worship the gold statue that you have set up."

 Daniel 3:16-18

They were faced with a situation that needed a miracle that only God could produce.     I can only imagine the desperate prayers their hearts were crying out as they spoke. 

We see their complete faith in God  when they declare that they know God is "able to save" them.    They had a firm foundation in God's power, trusting that He had dominion and could showcase His   power if He so decided to. 

"...but even if He doesn't."

These men went into a trial knowing the truth that God might or might not save them,     but their faith was unwavering no matter the outcome. 

How often do we go to God with our requests of miracles, rescuing, and saving with this kind of mindset?

 How often do we get angry at God since we expected Him to deliver instead of giving it to Him to decide?

 I've desperately prayed for a lot of miracles to happen in the past few months,  some that were delivered and some that weren't.

As I read this story I see the kind of faith I want to develop. 

That even when God decide's not to produce the miracle when I am heading into a blazing furnace, 

I will not yield to the world.  I will still look up to my God whom I serve and worship Him only.