「感謝神，祂常在基督裡，在凱旋的行列中帥領我們」－哥林多後書 2:14
三個被扔入火窯的希伯來人故事，也是個相似的例子。看似仇敵已經得逞，看似永活神的僕人將要一敗塗地。我們常常也經歷這樣看似的失敗，眼睜睜的看著仇敵歡欣雀躍。
我們甚至能夠想像下一步他們會怎麼滅亡：在熊熊烈火中轉瞬間化為灰燼，而他們的仇敵欣賞著他的傑作；然而，就在下一刻，他就要目瞪口呆的看著他們威武著在火焰中遊行。尼布甲尼撒命令他們從火中出來，他們的頭髮一根也沒有燒焦，衣裳也沒有火燎的氣味，因為「沒有別神能這樣施行拯救。」
假若三個希伯來人失去了信心和勇氣，埋怨著說：「為何神不保守我們遠避火窯呢？」他們必定會被烈火燒死，而神也得不著榮耀。
今日，若你的生命有試煉臨到，不要將它視為失敗，反倒要持續的，在信心裡宣告得勝，相信祂能使你能得勝有餘，相信你的勝利即將在望。讓我們能學習，在神所帶我們進入一切艱苦的景況中，祂必會為我們預備機會，使我們操練對祂的信，至終必能帶進祝福，並使祂的名大大的得著榮耀。－讚美的生命
"Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ" (2 Cor. 2:14).
God gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of the enemy, overthrows the apparent victory, and as the Bible says, "turns the way of the wicked upside down." Thus He gives a great deal larger victory than we would have known if He had not allowed the enemy, seemingly, to triumph in the first place.
The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one. Here was an apparent victory for the enemy. It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat. We have all been in places where it seemed as though we were defeated, and the enemy rejoiced. We can imagine what a complete defeat this looked to be. They fell down into the flames, and their enemies watched them to see them burn up in that awful fire, but were greatly astonished to see them walking around in the fire enjoying themselves. Nebuchadnezzar told them to "come forth out of the midst of the fire." Not even a hair was singed, nor was the smell of fire on their garments, "because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort."
This apparent defeat resulted in a marvelous victory.
Suppose that these three men had lost their faith and courage, and had complained, saying, "Why did not God keep us out of the furnace!" They would have been burned, and God would not have been glorified. If there is a great trial in your life today, do not own it as a defeat, but continue, by faith, to claim the victory through Him who is able to make you more than conqueror, and a glorious victory will soon be apparent. Let us learn that in all the hard places God brings us into, He is making opportunities for us to exercise such faith in Him as will bring about blessed results and greatly glorify His name. --Life of Praise
