Kids and young people can make good
decisions to serve and obey the Lord – such were three Hebrew young men named
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They
knew that that God did not want them to bow down to the golden statue of the
king. The penalty of disobeying the king
was to be thrown into the fiery furnace.
The three young friends obeyed God, instead of the king, and refused to
bow before the statue. Under penalty of
the law, they were thrown into the fiery furnace. But, God did not allow them to be burned or
even harmed by the fire. When the king
looked into the fiery furnace he saw not three people, but four. The king saw the fourth person, an angel of
the Lord, sent to protect the three friends from the flames, to save them. That is exactly what Jesus does for us. He saves us from the fire – the Bible tells
us there is a lake of fire that burns night and day for eternity apart from
God. That lake of fire is the place of
punishment for the penalty of our sins, but when we accept what Jesus did on
the cross and make him the Lord of our life, Jesus saves us from that
punishment. We continue to see the plan
of salvation through the lives of ordinary people - this time, three young men who obeyed and
only served the Lord. Read about them in
Daniel 3.
You are welcome
to join us anytime at Sparks! You can
also check out the AWANA program at www.fbc.littletonil.org.
Mrs. Jennifer Schroeder, Mr. Roger
Fox, Mrs. Barb Stein.
