FEAR
False Evidence
Appearing
Real
Shadrach, Meshach
& Abednego: Step into the fire without doubt
Psalm 34:4
4 I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
Daniel
1:8-21
8 But Daniel resolved
not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief
official for permission not to defile himself this way. 9 Now God had caused the official to show favor and
compassion to Daniel, 10 but the official
told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your[c] food and
drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age?
The king would then have my head because of you.”11 Daniel then said
to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael and Azariah, 12 “Please test your
servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
13 Then compare our appearance with that of the
young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with
what you see.” 14 So he agreed to this and
tested them for ten days. 15 At the end of the ten days they looked
healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.
16 So the guard took away their choice food and the
wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. 17 To
these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of
literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all
kinds. 18 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into
his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 19 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to
Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s service.
20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding
about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all
the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. 21 And Daniel
remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.
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