Locked Down Before Men but Free in the Lord

Scripture reading: Daniel 3:19-30
Focus verse: Then King Nebuchadnezzar leaped to his feet in amazement and asked his advisers, “Wasn’t it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?” They replied, “Certainly, O king.” He said, “Look! I see four men walking around in the fire, unbound and unharmed, and the fourth looks like a son of the gods.”

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to light so many terms that though they existed, but they had not dominated our minds or daily lives. Today it is so hard to hear news from any media without them mentioning words like sanitize, lockdown, quarantine, isolation, pandemic, stay at home, masks, social distance among others. All these are attempts to solve the Covid-19 problem.

The three Jewish men after they refused to worship King Nebuchadnezzar’s’ gold image, the king ordered that they be tied up and thrown into the blazing furnace which was heated seven times hotter than usual. So wearing their robes, trousers, turbans and other clothes, were bound and thrown into the furnace. But to the king’s amazement, the men who were tied and thrown into the hot furnace were in no way getting burned with their lives. The men were indeed free inside the fire and every rope that was tying them couldn’t hold their hand any more. Instead of them burning they were walking and praising God in that lockdown. They were getting better and better in their faith until the king ordered that the lockdown be lifted and the three solders of God’s Kingdom be freed for they seemed fireproof. By the end of the lockdown they did not just convince the people around them that their God is an Almighty God but also they made the king see Him and made the people bow before Him and worship Him.

The world is today going through a state of lockdown of many things and we are very restricted on what to do given the Covid-19 pandemic. Yes, it may seem a physical lockdown but for those who know the Lord as their Savior they can get better and better in their spiritual lives. We know that the lockdown cannot hold the Gospel of Jesus Christ since even the grave couldn’t hold Him. Though the Jewish leaders thought that by putting Him on the grave, they had finished the gospel but three days later it sprung with power like never before and made those who had believed in Him be more radical than before. No chains can hold the gospel hostage.  No government can completely wipe the word of God. Indeed believers should get more refined than before and should expect to see God bring to their knees many souls and governments that had disregarded Him. 

Pastor Eliazar Wambo
Bethesda Faith Ministries (partner of Interlocking Ministries)