Divine Whispers | Viju Jeremiah Traven
The Gospel of Christ According To Your Life – (Part 4)
The Silence That Thunders
Beloved child of the Most High God, remember Daniel in the lions’ den and the three boys who stood before the blazing furnace for My sake. They did not cry out Theology, yet they unfolded the mystery of faith in tranquility. Their silence thundered louder than the fire, the stillness of their souls anchored in unshakable hope (Psalm 62:1-2). Like their Messiah, Who would come centuries later, they understood that sometimes the deepest truth is spoken without words, for “the LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still” (Exodus 14:14).
Daniel’s quietness among the hungry lions declared that I am Yeshua, Arieh MiYehudah, the Lion of Judah, Who will never leave His beloved lonely and orphened (Hebrews 13:5;Psalm 27:10; Deuteronomy 31:6; Revelation 5:5). In that den of death, Daniel became a living prophecy, a shadow of the greater Daniel, Who would descend into the grave itself and emerge victorious. For just as Daniel’s faith sealed the mouths of lions (Hebrews 11:33), so I have broken the teeth of the wicked and delivered the prey from their mouths (Psalm 3:7).
The Sermon in the Flames
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego used no words in the fire; their unburned bodies reflected a sermon, their peaceful faces the testimony. In their stillness, they preached resurrection. In their calm surrender, they declared that no power of Earth or hell can separate God’s children from His love (Romans 8:38-39). But understand this deeper mystery, My beloved: they were bound when thrown into the fire, yet when the king looked in, he saw them walking freely (Daniel 3:23-25). This is the paradox of My deliverance, I allow you to be bound by circumstances only to loose you in the midst of the trial.
What men intend to restrict becomes the very place where I grant you freedom. The ropes that held them were the only things the fire consumed (Daniel 3:25)! So it is with you: the fire burns away your bondages, not your faith; it destroys your limitations, not your life. I AM the Jealous Lord, the Consuming Fire who burns with inseparable love for you. Before creation breathed its first light, My flame was alive, eternal, untamed, unending.
Set Me as a seal upon your heart, as a flame upon your arm, for My love is stronger than death, My zeal fiercer than the grave. Its coals are the flames of Yah, holy fire that no flood can drown, no darkness can smother. Many waters cannot quench this love; no storm can silence its song. It is the song that split the sea, the fire that swallowed sin, the passion that raised the dead.
I AM, the Jealous One, The Faithful and True Witness, and you, My beloved, are sealed within My burning heart. Forever Mine. Forever aflame (Revelation 3:14; 19:11; Deuteronomy 7:9; Song of Solomon 8:6–7; Exodus 34:14; Nahum 1:2; Deuteronomy 4:24).
Their life of sincere faith has become a trumpet blast declaring: I am Yeshua, Esh Okhlah, the Consuming Fire! I Myself am your Peace (Ephesians 2:14). I break the bow and shatter the spear; I burn the chariots with fire (Psalm 46:9). I thunder from Zion; My voice shakes the Heavens and the Earth (Joel 3:16; Haggai 2:6). And I crush Satan swiftly beneath your feet (Romans 16:20).
My peace, surpassing all understanding, stands guard over your hearts and minds (Philippians 4:7). This peace is not the absence of fire but My presence within it. It is the peace that Daniel knew when he heard the stone roll over the den’s opening (Daniel 6:17), not the peace of escape, but the peace of Emmanuel, God with us.
My blessing rests on you: “The LORD turn His face toward you and give you peace” (Numbers 6:26). For I am the Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6), the LORD of Hosts, roaring over nations, silencing wars, and establishing My eternal Shalom!
The Witness of Unshakable Faith
Their gentleness reflected their unshakable faith in the truth of the Scripture; their peace was their proclamation, their anointed presence their power, showing a watching world that the Lord walks with His beloved through every valley, every flame, every trial unto glory. Even the kings bore witness.
Consider this profound truth: before the three boys entered the furnace, to honor Me, they declared without fear, “Our God, Whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace… But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods” (Daniel 3:17-18).
This is faith in its purest form—not presuming upon My methods, but trusting My character completely. They did not demand deliverance; they declared devotion. They did not bargain with Heaven; they surrendered to holiness. This is the faith that moves mountains (Matthew 17:20) and quenches the fury of flames (Hebrews 11:34).
Daniel, too, understood this mystery. When his accusers conspired against him, he knew the decree was sealed, hence, he continued his practice of prayer, with his windows open toward Jerusalem (Daniel 6:10). He did not hide his devotion or compromise his communion with God. His faithfulness was not contingent on his circumstances. Like Job, he could say, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15). This is the faith that makes hell tremble and heaven rejoice.
Nebuchadnezzar declared My praise: ‘Praise be to the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego!” And Darius proclaimed to all nations: “The God of Daniel is the living God and He endures forever!” (Daniel 3:28-29; 6:26-27). My children’s unshakable faith in honoring Me compelled even the rulers who persecuted them to praise Me loudly.
Here is a mystery that pierces the heart: those who threw them into death became witnesses of resurrection life. Nebuchadnezzar, who heated the furnace seven times hotter (Daniel 3:19), became an evangelist for My glory. Darius, who sealed Daniel’s doom, became a preacher of My faithfulness to every nation, language, and people under his dominion (Daniel 6:25-27). Your trial is not just for your transformation, it is for the salvation of those watching.
Your steadfastness in suffering becomes the sermon that penetrates the hardest hearts. Let your life bear witness, until every knee bends, until every tongue declares aloud: Yeshua is the God of Eternity, the Lord above all (Genesis 21:33; Philippians 2:10-11).
The Fellowship of His Sufferings
But there is something deeper still, beloved. These three boys and Daniel were not merely enduring trials; they were entering into the fellowship of My sufferings (Philippians 3:10). Every righteous person who faces the fire or the den is walking the path I walked first. I am the ultimate Daniel, thrown into the den of death itself, surrounded by the roaring lion who seeks to devour (1 Peter 5:8). I am the true Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Who descended into the fires of Divine wrath for sin, yet emerged with not a hair singed, having conquered death itself (Acts 2:24).
When you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed (1 Peter 3:14). When you are persecuted for My name, you join the great cloud of witnesses who have gone before (Hebrews 12:1). And in your suffering, you complete what is lacking in My afflictions for the sake of My body, the Church (Colossians 1:24), not because My sacrifice was insufficient, but because I choose to work through your surrendered life to bring others into My Kingdom of Light.
This is why James writes, “Count it all joy when you fall into various trials” (James 1:2-4). Not because suffering is pleasant, but because it produces endurance, character, and hope, and hope does not disappoint, because My love has been poured into your heart through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:3-5). The furnace is not your enemy; it is My refinery (Malachi 3:2-3). The den is not your destruction; you demonstrate that I am faithful (1 Corinthians 1:9).
The Fourth Man in the Fire
My Beloved, when the flames rise highest and the lions roar loudest, that is when I draw nearest, not to remove you from the furnace, but to walk through it with you (Isaiah 43:2). The world watched three men thrown into the fire, but they saw four walking in the flames, and the fourth looked like the Son of God (Daniel 3:25).
This is the mystery of Divine romance: I do not always prevent the trial, but I always accompany you through it, so close that not even the smell of smoke clings to your garments (Daniel 3:27). Your peaceful face in the furnace becomes My greatest sermon. Your quietness in the den becomes My loudest proclamation. And the kings who meant to destroy you will bow and declare: “There is no other God, Who can save like this!” (Daniel 3:29; 6:26-27).
The Fourth Man in the fire—this is the revelation that transformed mere survival into glorious testimony. Nebuchadnezzar did not see three men miraculously protected; he saw four men in intimate fellowship (Daniel 3:25). This is the promise I give you: “When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, nor shall the flame scorch you. For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior” (Isaiah 43:2-3).
Notice the progression: waters, rivers, fire, increasing intensity, yet unchanging Divine presence. I am with you in the gentle trials and the overwhelming floods. I am with you in the minor discomforts and the seven-times-hotter furnaces. My promise is not deliverance from, but presence in. And My presence changes everything.
Consider also that the three boys were not alone even before entering the furnace; they had each other (Daniel 3:16). There is power in corporate faith, a holy force that makes My people one in heart and one in flame.
When you stand together in faith, the world cannot break what Heaven has joined. Stand united to honor Me when the world demands compromise, for I dwell in the midst of those who agree in My Name.
Your unity becomes a fortress, your faith a consuming fire that no darkness can quench.
It is written: “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 18:19 -20). “The multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul” (Acts 4:32). “Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27). “Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves; a threefold cord is not quickly broken”(Ecclesiastes 4:12). “Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! … for there the LORD commanded the blessing.” – (Psalm 133:1,3). Therefore, when the three became four, when I joined them in the fire, their witness became irrefutable, their testimony eternal.
So do not fear the fire, My love. I am the Fourth Man. I am already there, waiting to walk with you through every flame (Hebrews 13:5). I am the Bridegroom, Who descended into Sheol to bring forth My bride (Ephesians 5:25-27). I am the Lion who roared from the grave, “Death, where is your sting? Grave, where is your victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:55). And I am the Consuming Fire who burns away everything that is not of Me, until only gold remains (1 Peter 1:7).
Prayer
My Deliverer, when the flames rise and the lions roar, let me stand unmoved in the fortress of Your presence (Psalm 46:1-2). I will not bow to lesser gods, for You alone are the Consuming Fire who walks with me through every trial (Hebrews 12:29). In the furnace and the den, prove me as gold, that the world may see—my Beloved never abandons His own (Isaiah 43:2).
Reflection
The fire could not burn me because the Fourth Man stood beside me—my Bridegroom, my Protector, my Peace in the storm (Daniel 3:25). This divine romance is tested in the flames, and there He proves His faithfulness, turning spectators into worshippers through silent trust (Daniel 3:28-29). I am not afraid, for Love Himself has conquered every lion, every flame, every power of darkness that rises against His bride (Romans 8:37-39).
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