Oh! What a faith!
Daily Delight Devotions 
Sis Bala Samson 
July 9, Thursday, 2026

Daniel 3:18 “But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up."

The above words have been burning in my heart! ‘But if not’! ‘But if not’! ‘But if not’! ‘But if not’! These words resonated within me deeply! It’s burning in me, even now! Boy! How profound are those words!

The situation that the three Hebrew boys Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were in, was nothing small but it was life or death: king Nebuchadnezzar was furious, they brought these men before the king, at the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, they were to fall down and worship the image ….if not, they would be cast into a burning fiery furnace. Consider the agony they were in! Yet, look at their reply, it was no limp, namby-pamby, spineless talk but firm punch on the devil’s nose! You got to answer the devil this way! Are you hearing me?

Now, I wondered, actually we have nothing much said about these awesome Hebrew brave warriors: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the book of Daniel; however, they have left golden foot prints behind for us to follow. Isn’t it? When all hell is breaking loose in our life, we got to think of these words: ‘but if not, still I would not bend to you devil!’ These words reflected the unwavering, strong, determined, stanch, unbendable, steadfast faith they had in the God they serve – most important they have certainly tasted the goodness of their heavenly Dad.