Faith Levels

WHAT DID GOD SAY TO ME THIS MORNING

This morning during my time with the Holy Spirit, I flipped open my Bible to the book of Daniel. I actually flipped it to Daniel 1. I had read the story before about King Nebuchadnezzar and of course growing up in church had heard the story about Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah or better known as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (I won’t even say what some preachers have called Abednego)!

As I was reading this familiar story, I knew the Holy Spirit was going to show me something new. I read about Daniel and how he found favor with the guard who was feeding them. He was able to convince the guard who had been assigned to look over him and his boys, to let them only eat vegetables and and water for ten days, which is where we get the Daniel fasting from.

I kept on reading about Daniel interpreting King Neb’s dream (yes his name is too long to keep typing) and then about how King Neb built a statute and told everyone to bow down to the statue when the music came on. Side Note: For some reason Queen Bey’s song, Bow Down, just came to my mind as I am writing this, and even before reading this story again in the book of Daniel, I never liked the lyrics of that particular Beyonce song. But now that I am thinking about it, that’s exactly the aura that King Neb had when he wanted everyone to bow down to his gold statue. Hmmmm. Be careful what you listen to. But anyway, I digress.

So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego didn’t bow down when the music came on and some of the fortune tellers snitched on the three men (now I still don’t know how they knew that the 3 men weren’t bowing, if they themselves had been bowing). When King Neb found out that the 3 men weren’t bowing, he got real mad. He called them in and asked was it true that they weren’t gonna bow down and worship the gold statue he had made. He told them if they refuse to bow down, he would throw them into the blazing furnace and then had the nerve to say, what god will be able to rescue you from my power then?

LISTEN!! It was at this point in the story where I starting shouting this morning!!! First of all, they all three replied in verse 16 and 17 by saying, “we do not need to defend ourselves before you. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the GOD whom we serve is able to save us. He will rescue us from your power, your majesty.”

Okay, y’all, it was this NEXT LINE THAT STRAIGHT TOOK ME THERE! Daniel 3:18 in the New Living Translation and the Gangsta Message Translation said this:

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T

If I could insert an audible sound into this blog right now!!!! MAAAAAAAAN!!!

What kind of faith level do you need to be on where you utter that phrase: ”But even if he doesn’t…”

Those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, said to the king, But even if he doesn’t save us, you can BE SURE, that we will NEVER EVER, serve your gods or worship the gold statue that you have set up!!

Now I understand why preachers say, slap 7 people and say…BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T!!! Because I want yall to go slap 7 people right now! LOL!!!

See you have to be on a different kind of faith level to even say that phrase! You can’t be on that baby faith (which is a great place to start, so don’t trip about having baby faith). But baaaaaaby listen…when you have the kind of faith that says…I know my God that I serve will save me, but even if he doesn’t…. WE ARE ON A HIGH FUNCTIONING LEVEL OF FAITH!! You hear me! I mean when I read it, I immediately shouted and started tearing up, because I really feel like that’s where I am in my life. Every morning I wake up, pray, and I surrender all my plans and even my preferences to the Lord and say…have YOUR way in my life Lord. I worship YOU and SERVE you!

So while I may be praying for certain things to happen in my life, at the end of the day, I want what God wants. And that’s the level of faith that says…BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T!

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…give me that job.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…give me that new home.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…heal me or my family from that illness as quick as I want.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…give me that business deal.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…give me that person as a friend.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…build this relationship that I thought he would build.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…do what I think should be done.

BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T… YOU CAN BE SURE THAT I WILL NEVER STOP SERVING HIM, PRAISING HIM, AND MAGNIFYING HIS HOLY NAME!!

What level of faith are you on this morning? Are you on the level that will bow down to a little “g” god or an idol or a statue or your own desires? Or are you on the level that will say…even if I am thrown into the fire of life and don’t get what I think I want or how I thought I wanted it, the God whom I serve is able to save me and rescue me and give me what He wants for me. BUT EVEN IF HE DOESN’T…

Hearts and Hugs!

SALVATION PRAYER

If you’re not a believer and have a desire to be, openly confess and declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead (Romans 10:9). When you pray that prayer out loud, you are saved. Get connected with a good, bible-based church in your community and start having a conversation through prayer with God every day. And let me be the first to welcome you to your new life with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. YAAAAY!!!!! You made the best decision you could ever make! Feel free to email me at info@onassignmentbyGod.com and let me know about your newfound life or if you need prayer for anything.