What we can learn from Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
For some reason I had an urge to share this. If you don’t know the passage go read Daniel 3: 8-30. This is an encounter where the culture, society, and country leadership mandated that everyone bow down and worship a king and false gods. These 3 men had their names changed to mock God. Shadrach means “I am fearful of god” (Aku - moon god) and he was named Chananyah meaning “The Lord Shows Favor”. Meshach means “Who is like Aku” and was named Misha’el which means “Who is like God?” And finally Abednego means “Servant of Nego/Nabu” (Babylonian gods) and he was named Azaryah which means “The Lord is my Help.” The culture tried to take away their identifies and make them indoctrinated into Babylonian leadership and society. When threatened with death and torture they refused to give in and stood their ground. They stated that “God will protect them and deliver them from burning…Even if God decided it to protect them they still would not worship a false god. These guards died when they put them in the fire from the heat and the 3 men unbound and walking freely in the furnace. There was a 4th person in there with them until God delivered them from the fire unscathed. When they came out of the fire all the glory, honor, and credit went to God. In today’s society the cultures want men to stand down, look the other way, and not make waves. Give into the confusion of the current narrative and support ideologies that are from God. This weakens families, homes, generations, and communities. NO MORE! We stand on truth and the foundations that will restore families, homes, generations and communities. So God can be given all the glory, honor, and credit.