{"id":4105,"date":"2019-05-31T13:58:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T13:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesali.wordpress.com\/2019\/05\/31\/refusing-to-bow\/"},"modified":"2019-05-31T13:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T13:58:09","slug":"refusing-to-bow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savedali.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/31\/refusing-to-bow\/","title":{"rendered":"Refusing to bow"},"content":{"rendered":"

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.<\/span> – Daniel 3:18<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nebuchadnezzar was the most powerful king in the world, ruling over Babylon, the most powerful empire of the world.<\/p>\n

And yet, 3 friends refused to bow to his demands.<\/p>\n

Not because they had it figured out, or even because they had a guarantee that God would bail them out.<\/p>\n

They refused to bow to King Nebuchadnezzar because they had already bowed to God’s supremacy in their life.<\/p>\n

And that simple refusal to be “conformed to the pattern of this world” (Romans 12:2) triggered a Divine intervention that sparked a fire that we’re still being impacted by today.<\/p>\n

Remember: resistance is fertile, not futile.<\/p>\n

Don’t worry about the might of your oppressors.<\/p>\n

Instead, start by remembering who you’ve already bowed the knee to on the inside…and you’ll find yourself unable to bow to the might of those on the outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. – Daniel 3:18 Nebuchadnezzar was the most powerful king in the world, ruling over Babylon, the most powerful empire of the world. And yet, 3 friends refused to … <\/p>\n

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