I always loved this story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Not even so much because they escaped the fiery furnace....I love the sound of their names.
And while I know this is not a historical document----it is a story that tells a great Truth:
God is sovereign over all.
And again, it brings us to the idea of whether or not God causes every event or God works through every event.
God does not cause Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego's troubles today, that is for sure. Human beings do---Human beings with our frailties of pride, stubbornness, greed, and vengeance.
But God certainly does work through this disastrous event. And the Truth for us is that God saves.
We are not always saved from pain and suffering; we are not always saved from "the trial." But God does promise if we place all our trust in and on him, God will be there to embrace us and restore us and redeem us---no matter if the distress we are in is of our own causing or someone else's. God is sovereign and God saves---even in the midst of humanity's cruelty to one another.
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