Have you ever found yourself in constant prayer, asking for God’s help to overcome a circumstance? Maybe it is a life situation that you can not seem to overcome. Perhaps it’s a prayer you have been longing for such as healing a disease or mending a marriage.

In the book of Daniel, chapter 3 there were three famous men by the names of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They were defiant in bowing down to worldly idols & as a result were sentenced to death. The certainly did not wish to perish, and they prayed & hoped that God would take this trial away from them. They declared that even,

^"17 If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. ¹⁸ But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.”

I don't know what your 'blazing furnace' is, but even though God may not answer your prayer how you may hope - he is still good. He is always by your side, even in the fiery flames of your trials.