We know that Nebuchadnezzar was the King during the time of Daniel. We know that he wanted people to bow to his golden statue that he had erected whenever the people would hear the horn sound. We know that they all did except Shadrach, Meschach, and Abed-Nego. When they did not bow like everyone else, Nebuchadnezzar had his servants to put a fire in the furnace seven times hotter than usual, but when they did, they were killed by the fire. Shadrach, Meschach, and Abed-Nego were bound and thrown into the fire. He asked his counselors did they not cast three men into the fire, and they told him yes.

He told them to look because he saw four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.

We are all in need of deliverance from God. We go through things that only God can deliver us from. We struggle with making the right decisions for our lives, making the right decision as to what job to take, what house to buy, what car to buy, and the right pair of shoes to wear. Sometimes we need God to deliver us from ourselves, because sometimes we can be our own worst enemies. When we take our mind off of the one that has all of the answers, we sink just as Peter did when he took his eyes off Jesus when He told him to come to Him on the water when Jesus was walking on the water to the boat in the storm. Had Peter not taken his eyes off of Jesus, he would not have sank. He was worried about what was going on around him instead of who was calling him, so Jesus delivered him by pulling him out of the water. That is the way we are. We feel like we have all of the answers to the problems that we go through, but we don’t. We have to ask God for deliverance from those problems that we have in our lives.

We have to make the decision to obey God if we want Him to be there when we need Him. Shadrach, Meschach, and Abed-Nego obeyed God rather than man, and Jesus came and delivered them from the fiery furnace.