Knowing Him Daily

25.October.2025

Obedience matters. Every choice we make carries weight, shaping the life we live and the legacy we leave. Today we’ll see how faith and trust in God made all the difference for someone who chose to follow Him fully.

There’s something about this story that makes me stop and say wow. Maybe it’s because it shows what it really means to trust God when the heat gets turned up, literally. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were ordinary young men who made an extraordinary choice: to stand firm when the world demanded they bow. Sounds eerily familiar.

When King Nebuchadnezzar built a golden image and commanded everyone to worship it, these three refused. Their answer was calm, but filled with conviction that would not be moved. “If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the 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 that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up” (Daniel 3:17–18).

Those words, even if He does not, reveals a faith that doesn’t rely on the outcome but on the character of God Himself. That’s rare faith. It’s the kind that says, “I trust You, Lord, even if the fire still burns.”

Their obedience cost them. The furnace was so hot that the flames killed the soldiers who threw them in. But right in the heart of that fiery trial, something miraculous happened. “Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste and spoke, saying to his counselors, “Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?” They answered and said to the king, “True, O king.” “Look!” he answered, “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 God.”” (Daniel‬ ‭3‬:‭24‬-‭25‬)

God didn’t keep them from the fire, He met them in it.

When they stepped out, the smell of smoke wasn’t even on them. Their faith didn’t just save them, it changed a nation. The king himself declared that there was no other god who could rescue like theirs. That’s legacy, faith that leaves a mark long after the flames have died down.

Maybe today you’re facing your own fire. The outcome might still be uncertain, but God’s presence is not. He’s still the One who walks with His children through the heat and brings them out refined, no smell of smoke and not destroyed. We come out victorious.

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Faithful obedience leaves a lasting legacy. The choices we make today show up in tomorrow, shaping who we are and how God’s story is told through us. Tomorrow, we’ll meet another faith giant whose trust in God changed everything.

Tomorrow, we’ll march with Joshua and the people of Israel and see that faith isn’t always loud, sometimes it walks in silence until the moment God says, “Shout.” God honors movement, not hesitation, and when we step forward in obedience, He responds. That’s when walls fall and victory comes into view.

If you’ve never given your life to Jesus, or if you’ve walked away, trying to do life your own way it’s not too late. He’s calling you back. He’s been waiting. Return to Him today. Surrender your plans, your pain, and your past. He’s ready to restore, renew, and realign you with your divine purpose.

~ Dear Heavenly Father ~

Thank You for sending Jesus to die on the Cross just for me. I admit that I have sinned, and I repent. I ask You to forgive me. I believe that He died and rose again. Right now, I make Him the Lord of my life. Fill me with Your Holy Spirit. My sins are washed away, my past is forgiven, and my future is bright. Thank you for saving me. In Jesus’ Name Amen.

Make today count and see you tomorrow.