YHWH is able to give us strength and hope for each day - no matter the circumstance. 💪
Sometimes life deals us a tremendous blow. Other times the miraculous happens.
Three young men, captives in Babylon, stood in front of the fearsome king of that land and boldly proclaimed that under no circumstances would they worship the giant image of gold towering above them. Together they declared: “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the Elah [God] we serve is able to deliver us from it, and He will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if He does not, we want you to know... we will not . . . worship the image” (Daniel 3:17–18).
These three men—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—were hurled into the fiery furnace; and YHWH miraculously delivered them so that not a hair of their head was singed and their clothing was smoke-free (vv. 19–27). They had been prepared to die but their trust in YHWH was unwavering —“even if” He had not saved them.
Dani’Ä•l (Daniel) 3:24-25 TS2009
[24] Then Sovereign Neḇuḵaḏnetstsar was amazed, and stood up in haste and spoke and said to his counsellors, “Did we not throw three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the sovereign, “Certainly, O sovereign.”
[25] He answered and said, “Look! I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire. And they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of Elahin [gods].”
YHWH desires that we cling to Him—even if our loved one isn’t healed, even if we lose our job, even if we are persecuted. Sometimes YHWH rescues us from danger in this life, and sometimes He doesn’t. But the truth we can hold firmly is this: “The Elah [God] we serve is able.” He loves us and is with us in every fiery trial we face; every "even if."
