Would you still trust God if He didn’t rescue you from the fire? In this episode Tyler, Maron, and Jeff continue the “Faithful in a Foreign Land” series with Daniel 3 and the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Maron shares how creating a life map revealed God’s quiet preparation and faithfulness through both the good and hard seasons of her life, and how God had been forming these three young men long before they faced the furnace. We discuss why Daniel and his friends suffered exile for their nation’s corporate sin despite their own faithfulness, and why jealous Babylonian co-workers targeted them. Tyler raises the Prayer of Azariah, a lament found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles, and we explore why it isn’t in our canon and where Scripture gives us lament instead. We unpack the powerful words “even if He doesn’t” and how true surrender to a sovereign God strips earthly powers of their control. We notice that the only thing the fire burned was the ropes that bound them, and share personal stories of how seasons in the furnace burned away false identities, illusions, and the need for control. Finally, we consider the fourth man in the fire and why the presence of God with us is the story of all Scripture. 00:07 Welcome to Between Sundays 18:12 Transition to Sermon Discussion