"If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and He will deliver us from the blazing furnace and from Your Majesty’s hand. But even if He does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”
- Daniel 3:16
And I'm using this John Green quote again because I think it expresses a somewhat similar sentiment, and because I just really love how Green worded it:
“I am going to take this bucket of water and pour it on the flames of hell, and then I am going to use this torch to burn down the gates of paradise so that people will not love God for want of heaven or fear of hell, but because He is God.”
We follow Him not because we are after His blessings. Not because we are afraid of His curses. We follow Him because He is God. Whether or not He answers our prayers, we trust that He is never wrong, and He is never late. And until we have that faith, we will always be one step away from turning away from Him. We will always sink when we try to walk on water.
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