In reading the lesson I stopped at the story of Shadrach, Meschach and Abednego, who were brought before the king for not serving his gods or worshipping his golden image, and thought about how relevant this story is for the times we are in now. (Citation 2. Daniel 3)
When the king became furious with them for still refusing to serve his gods, he commanded that the furnace he was about to send them into, be turned up “one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.”
I am asking the question, do I have the amount of confidence and trust in God, that would allow me if tested as far as the three men in this story were tested, to trust this God enough to stand with Him, even if threatened with being thrown into a furnace for going against human agenda?
In the world it seems the “furnace” is being turned up, and some are being asked to do what they might not want to do, in exchange for what seems to be their livelihood.
The wonderful thing in this story, is that because their trust in God was equal to being able to walk into the furnace, in doing so they were untouched, unharmed, and the King became a witness to how this God protected them.
At the 9/8/21 Wednesday testimony meeting and also very relevant to now, we were given some passages from Christian Healing by Mary Baker Eddy (Page 15:12)
“Christian Science explains to any one’s perfect satisfaction the so-called miracles recorded in the Bible. Ah! Why should man deny all might to the divine Mind, when at the same time he calls God almighty and admits in statement what he denies in proof? You pray for God to heal you, but should you expect this when you are acting oppositely to your prayer, trying everything else besides God, and believe that sickness is something He cannot reach, but medicine can? as if drugs were superior to Deity.”