Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, we ought to obey God rather than men. 32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
To put it plainly, we will have to practice not bowing when things are going smoothly, so that whenever the heat of the furnace is turned up several notches, we would have been in the habit of obeying God in good times and bad. The three Hebrew boys practiced not bowing on the issue of diet and foods, and since the Bible says that he that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much, they were primed for prime time when the big one came around.
Under no circumstances should you permit anyone to force you to do any secular work over the sacred hours, for if you do, you will become the sport of circumstances, and it will just be a matter of time before such persons buckle and fall. God is willing and able to keep us from falling, but He does not bypass our freedom of choice to force us to do right.
It’s always our own personal decision, and if we choose to willingly obey Him, He will grant us the needed strength to face any emergency. We therefore end with a passage of scripture which certifies this sacred truth and we hope and pray that all of us would be found faithful, even as disturbing developments are looming on the horizon.
Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!