God's Best Or Leftovers? (3)

If you choose the best steak, shoes, suit or Toyota, expect for it to cost you more. It’s the same way in your trajectory in life; choose to live “God’s best” and it will cost you more than you may think.

King Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem in 587 BC. Nearly 50,000 Jews were carried off into captivity in Babylon for 70 years. While King Nebuchadnezzar was dedicating his golden god, he commanded everyone at the sound of the trumpets to bow down. Anyone not bowing down would immediately be thrown into his fiery furnace.  Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego said, “We’re not bowing.” When it became known that they didn’t bow, soldiers were sent for these men.

Just before the three men were thrown into the fire, they said; “King, our God is able to deliver us from your fire, but even if not, know that we will not bow down to your god.” The King in his anger decided to show these men along with everyone else who was in charge and in control. He then ordered the furnace to be turned up seven times hotter.

The furnace fire was so hot that day that the soldiers who threw them in died from the intense heat. The next thing that happened was Supernatural’. As the king looked down, he noticed there were not three but rather four men in the fire. He said: “Didn’t I instruct you to throw three men into the fire? I see a fourth man, and He is as the Son of God.”

When they were brought out, there was no harm done, no smell of smoke, and no change in their clothing. The king declared, “Blessed is the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. There is no other God that can save like this.”

When you live out “Gods Best” for your life, anticipate and expect a:

·  Showdown, a confrontation that forces the issue to a conclusion

·  Fire, don’t be surprised when the heat turns up in your circumstances

_·  Savior, don’t allow the smoke to cloud out the beauty of the Savior

The author of Hebrews reminds us, “I will never leave thee nor forsake thee.”Have you made up your mind to chase “Gods Best”, regardless of the Showdown, Fire, or Outcome? Jim Elliott, along with others gave their lives as martyrs to those in Ecuador. Was it worth it? Today many in Ecuador know Christ because someone was willing to make a stand. Will you and I do the same, regardless of how hot things get in our day?

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