Worship the Lord

In the book of prophet Daniel, in Ch. 3 we come across three young Jews. They present an exemplary behaviour and teach us that we, in all circumstances we should always trust and worship the Lord. We should never miss an opportunity to worship Him. They were very faithful to God even in the times of difficulties, extreme pain and troubles.

Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar commanded his people to worship his image that was made of gold. These three young men were in great trouble because they were very faithful to their living and almighty God and they knew it very well that worshiping other gods or giving priority to other gods is a great sin. Since they were under the bondage of Babylonian king, there was a great penalty for them; because saying 'no' to the king's command only meant death. However, they did make a choice of who's command to follow, because worshiping other gods meant committing a great sin against God Almighty.

Friends, finally they decided to say no to earthly king’s command and follow their kings of King’s command (Ex.20:3-4). The result: they were thrown into the midst of the fiery burning furnace, which was heated seven times more. Soon king Nebuchadnezzar saw there were four persons walking in the midst of that furnace instead of three. All were unhurt and unharmed, and he saw that the fourth person who was walking with them, who was none other but the Son of the God.

Finally Nebuchadnezzar said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has delivered His servants who trusted in Him”. This changed the king's word, and he yielded their bodies, so that they might "neither serve nor worship any other god, except their own God."

We must praise God that we are not under the bondage of anyone and do not have any command from worldly authorities. So lets worship God even in the time of pressures, difficulties, troubles and uncertainties. If we give time and place that belongs to God then we would always experience with us the presence of the Son of God.

Not everyday, but just count how many Sundays in the month of February did we not worship the Lord?

Yours in His service,
Rev. Varinder Kumar