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For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. -- Habakkuk 2:3 When I was a pastor living in Hobart, Oklahoma, the parsonage had a little hiding place… a storm cellar in the backyard. And every now and then the storm siren would go off warning of the possibility of a tornado in the area. When that happened, people would run to their storm cellars to ride out the storm in a secure place. Well, as Christ followers, you and I have a place where we can hide and ride out the storms of life. And though the winds may howl, sirens wail, and destruction threaten, you and I can rest securely. That hiding place is in God himself, and his infallible, inerrant Word is the place where we take our stand when our faith is challenged. God is our shelter and protection. We stand upon his promises. God is trustworthy and his promises are sure. I love what Dr. Warren Wiersbe (pastor, teacher, and author) once wrote. He said, “We don’t live by explanations. We live by promises.” And God never breaks a promise! Never. Let him help you develop a tenacious and determined faith. And though you wait to see promises fulfilled, they will surely be fulfilled. He has promised! This is the faith that endures through life’s darkest and most threatening storms.   GOD NEVER BREAKS A PROMISE!

The Test of Faith

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.”
Daniel 2:16–18

Daniel had risen through the ranks of the captives, carried to Babylon, and was recognized in that heathen country as a man of wisdom and learning. The thing that set Daniel and his three friends apart from hundreds of others taken from Israel and many other lands conquered by Nebuchadnezzar as he expanded his empire, was their faith in God and their faithfulness to Him. Their faith was not theoretical—it was tested in the most severe ways possible.
When Nebuchadnezzar’s personal guard showed up to kill Daniel and his friends because none of the other wise men had been able to interpret the king’s dream, they were literally facing a life or death moment. Yet Daniel did not panic. He did not condemn God for abandoning him, nor did he bewail the injustice of being threatened because someone else had made impossible demands. He did not criticize the Babylonian form of government that placed his life in peril. He prayed!
Daniel’s faith was expressed in his response to trouble. He believed that even in a foreign country, surrounded by danger and facing a death sentence, God was able to intervene. He threw himself on the mercy of God and found the answer that he needed. Our faith is not measured by how loudly we speak of it in public, but by how consistently we exercise it in private. If we rely on ourselves when we are tested, we reveal that we don’t trust God as we should.
 

Today’s Growth Principle: 

Through good times and bad we must remember that God never fails to keep His promises.