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Discipleship Focus: Up/Out
- Up: Our relationship with the Father
- Out: Our relationship with a broken world
Here in
this story we get a powerful example of each of these two elements of life:
- Up. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego take a stand of faith. They know what they believe and they act upon it. As they do it, they literally experience relationship with one who “is like a son of the gods.” I read that testimony and see a revelation of God’s Messiah, Jesus Christ, coming among Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. When we take a stand of faith, God will dwell with us and allow us to struggle, persevere, and endure to the end. That is what “up” is all about.
- Out. Nebuchadnezzar himself makes the comment about “the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.” Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego take their stand and impact the broken world around them. Nebuchadnezzar is brought closer to seeing the power of God. Nebuchadnezzar is brought closer to truly understanding relationship with God. That is what “out” is all about.
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