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Three men stand before a furnace today and speak the bravest sentence in the Old Testament: the God we serve is able to deliver us, but even if he does not, we will not serve your gods.

Faith that must be paid in advance is not faith. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego trusted God's ability, surrendered God's decision, and kept their knees. Learn the grammar of even if today.

Even if he does not: the three refused to make God's rescue the condition of their obedience, so the furnace held no leverage over them. People who have already surrendered the outcome cannot be blackmailed by it. That is the freest position a human being can occupy.

And the fourth figure in the fire wrote the ending in advance for every believer's ordeal: not spared from the flames, accompanied in them. Peter says the same without imagery, do not be surprised by the fire, cast the anxiety, resist the lion, He cares for you. Bind your even-if to that companionship today.

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