churchremix.com

Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who put their trust in Him, violating the king’s command, and yielded up their bodies so as not to serve or worship any god except their own God.” Daniel 3:27-28

Growing up in the age of Technicolor cinema and THX surround sound I have never experienced a silent film. The closest I have come is in little flashbacks during documentaries I watch, on the history channel (which I watch because after you turn 30 it’s mandatory to watch boring documentaries so you have stuff to talk to the other old guys about). It seems every time the show the old films either Charlie Chaplin is doing a little dance or some woman is getting tied to train tracks. Apparently in the old west the only sure fired way of knocking someone off is with a train. Thank goodness for the nine millimeter, otherwise movies like the departed would have gotten really lame… some how Mark Walberg dragging Mat Damon out of his apartment down the stairs across the park and tying him to the “L” track and then waiting for the five o’ clock commuter train to come through would have been lame!

The reason the train was and I suppose is so scary is because the one thing everyone knows about trains is they don’t stop… they can untie the girl but they can not stop the train. You can get on the train, you can get out of the way of the train, but if you stand in it’s tracks you will get squashed. “You say yes sensei, or no sensei, maybe sensei and squashed” – Karate Kid

The scripture from Daniel is Nebuchadnezzar’s response to watching Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego survive the hottest fires of Babylon. You know the story. The refused to bow down and were sentenced to death. After being thrown into the fire the people looking on saw all three men alive and well with a fourth watching over them. The moral… God’s plan was for those men and their friend Daniel to lead the nation of Israel through the captivity. The train, God’s will, was on the tracks and no one was stopping it.

As you go about your day ask the Lord to speak to you about His will. Ask the Lord to bend your heart to what He is doing. Even the hottest fires of Babylon will not thwart the plans of God… “The most high God is sovereign over the kingdoms of men.” Make sure you are on the train.