Hastiness leads to destruction

King Nebuchadnezzar became furious that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego did not worship the image he set up. Therefore, he ordered his prized soldiers to throw the three Jews into a furnace, but in doing so, he lost his prized soldiers, and did not destroy the three Jews,

And he commanded certain mighty men of valor who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Therefore, because the king’s command was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace (Daniel 3:20–23).

Nebuchadnezzar’s anger led to hastiness, and his hastiness led to great loss, and his hastiness did not solve his problem, but created more. Solomon said, “he sins who hastens with his feet” (Proverbs 19.2b).

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