God is God no matter what!

Daniel 3:17-18 says, "If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and He will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." (NIV)
Polycarp (AD 69-155), bishop of the church at Smyrna was once asked to curse Christ if he wanted to be released from the Roman authorities. This undaunted saint responded saying, "Eighty-six years I have served Him, and He never did me any wrong. How can I blaspheme my King who saved me?" Because he refused to curse Christ, he was burned at the stake. Centuries before this incident, 3 young men, Shedrach, Meshach an Abednego faced a similar threat and still refused to betray their allegiance to Jesus Christ. They had faith in God regardless of the outcome of their situation. Similarly, they were thrown in the furnace but left unhurt.
I vividly remember when my father was brought down by Alzheimer's disease and how difficult it was even in giving him care. I also remember how we prayed and trusted God to heal him and restore him to perfect health. We had faith that God could heal him if He wanted to and that He could do otherwise if He chose to. We then decided to resign ourselves to God's perfect will. At the end of the battle, God decided to take my father away to a place of perfect rest. This meant his absence from us in flesh, but his presence with God in Heaven. It was so painful when he died, but we knew that it was all according to God's perfect plan.
These experiences have opened my eyes to see that in every circumstance of our lives as believers, we must display total faith in the One we believe in which is Jesus Christ. We must have faith in what God can do and most of all that He is God whether He delivers us from our present situation or NOT. We must have faith that He has the final say over our lives and that He knows what is best for us. We are only to make a decision to resign ourselves to Him and follow Him through it all. Is your faith in God dwindling? Be like the apostles and ask God to increase your faith! (Luke 17:5)
That is why He is God and will remain God! The day we we begin to understand His ways then will He cease to be God!
God IS God, ALL the time!!!









References: The Holy Bible, ODB (June 7th, 2013).