Ep 74: Farther Along

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Topic:

• ​How can an old hymn encourage us to trust in God?

Discussion Questions:

• ​Why do we sometimes lose sight of the fact that the victory has already been won?
• ​What can we do to build our reliance and trust in God and the promises of His Son?
• ​What can we do this week to reach out to someone who is struggling with these same questions?

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
Hey, good morning and welcome tothe show.
I'm Daniel Dalp and this is for your Sunday morning drive, the
short podcast with the goal of providing some motivation, some
drive and encouragement on your way to worship and helping you
recenter your mind on those spiritual things on a hectic
Sunday morning. We are brought to you by the
Ministry League network of podcasts.
Ministry League offers some great free resources to help you

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build up your faith and encourage you throughout your
week. And they're available through
ministryleague.com or you can always download their app.
Well, listeners, last week was aheavy one for many.
I know it was for me. And I just wanted you to know
before we get into the episode today that you are loved, that
you are not alone and encourage you not to let the darkness fool

(00:42):
you. The sun is on the horizon.
And I hope today's episode is encouraging.
Let's go ahead and get the show on the road this morning.
This is episode 74. Farther along, let's go to
church. Are we there yet?

(01:12):
Farther along, we'll know all about it.
Farther along, we'll understand.Why have you stopped in the last
week and ask the question of why, especially as it relates to
all the tragedy in life lately. I know I have, and I'm sure I'm
not alone in that. Maybe we asked the question,
God, why? Why is a young father not going

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home to his wife and two kids this week?
Why are their little children being harmed in our schools?
And why is evil celebrated whileyour Saints suffer?
Or maybe we ask why it wasn't stopped, or maybe even why it
was allowed to happen. Maybe in the midst of our grief,
we cry out like David and say ashe did in Psalm 22, My God, my

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God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping
me and from the words of my groaning?
Oh my God, I cry in the daytime,but you do not hear.
Well, friends, I don't have the answers to these questions.
No, I don't know why ultimately suffering is allowed to exist,
or why it seems that in some instances the end result is

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deliverance and in the others itis demise.
I don't know why we are OFT madeto wonder why it should be thus
all the day long when sometimes we cry out to God for something
miraculous to relieve the suffering or the persecution
that we endure. But like the hymn says, farther
along we will, and knowing that there are some things that we

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can take comfort in. Think back with me, if you
would, to Shadrach, Meshach, andAbednego in Daniel chapter 3.
Let's set the scene for a moment.
These three men are brought before King Nebuchadnezzar, and
they're charged with not bowing to worship the great image that
he had set up. And in his rage, the king gives
them one more chance. He says if you do not worship

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this idol, then you will be castinto the fires of this furnace.
What would we have done? Would we have wrung our hands?
Would we have bowed? Would we have defied the will of
a king? Would we have called out to God
for the miraculous, and in doingso made his response the hinge
pin of our faith? This is a life or death
situation, but notice what they say.

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Daniel chapter 316 through 18. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
replied to the king. O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need
to give you an answer concerningthis matter.
If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from
the furnace of blazing fire, andHe will deliver us out of your
hand, O King. But even if he does not, let it

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be known to you, O King, that weare not going to serve your gods
or worship the golden image thatyou have set up.
They say God is able to save us,but even if He doesn't, we will
trust in him. How inspiring.
You know the rest of the story. God did not snatch them from the
flames, but He was with them in the midst of it.

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He saw them through to the otherside.
But the trust that these men putin God did not hinge on his
action. Rather, it relied on his
sovereignty. You see, Nebuchadnezzar was not
the king they were submitting to, it was Yahweh.
And there's something we can learn from these three men.
Trust in God even when we don't have the answers.

(04:28):
Sometimes we sit around in distress and in turmoil and in
doubt, all because of what is going on in our lives or in the
lives of those around us. And we say, God, if you are
acting in our lives, show me something miraculous.
Do the miraculous thing, pull usout of the fire, All the wild
friends failing to realize that the miraculous life saving thing

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has already been done for us. Jesus died on the cross and he
rose again. John 316 and 17 For God so loved
the world that he gave His only begotten Son, that whoever
believes in Him should not perish, but have ever lasting
life. For God did not send his Son
into the world to condemn the world, but that the world

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through Him might be saved. No, we might not have all the
answers, but I know who does, and He has already saved us from
the flames, both in this life and in the next.
And you know, as long as I know that, I'll wait for answers to
those other questions till I'm alittle bit further along.
The old hymn says Faithful till death, said our loving master.

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A few more days to labor and wait.
The toil of the road will then seem as nothing as we sweep
through that beautiful gate. So cheer up my brother, live in
the sunshine. We'll understand.
Well, those are my thoughts for your Sunday morning drive.
Now it's time to hear yours. Our discussion questions for

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this week are, why do we sometimes lose sight of the fact
that the victory has already been won?
What can we do to build our reliance and trust in God and
the promises of His Son? And what can we do this week to
reach out and encourage someone who is struggling with these
same questions?