{"id":4151,"date":"2013-05-08T09:15:08","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4151"},"modified":"2015-02-16T10:31:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T10:31:41","slug":"code-ode-10-im-givin-you-a-last-chance-bow-or-do-the-fire-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cvm.org.uk\/blog\/friends-of-cvm\/code-ode-10-im-givin-you-a-last-chance-bow-or-do-the-fire-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Code Ode 10: I\u2019m Givin\u2019 You a Last Chance – Bow, Or Do the Fire Dance!"},"content":{"rendered":"

An amazing story of faith, courage, solidarity and the Power of God which changed the outlook of the most powerful man in the ancient Middle Eastern world.<\/p>\n

Read this:<\/strong>
\n Daniel Chap 3 v 1-27.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rap this, out loud:<\/strong>
\nNeb built a golden statue\u2014that\u2019s expensive!
\nIt musta\u2019 made the people apprehensive.
\nLovin\u2019 it or cursin\u2019 it,
\nThey gotta fall an\u2019 worship it.
\nOr burn inside a furnace\u2014that\u2019s intensive!<\/p>\n

His PR man gave the great an\u2019 good a statement.
\n\u201cWhen you get the theme tune, don\u2019t you be too late, gents.
\nWhen you hear the deadly jingle
\nCain\u2019t you feel the red flame tingle?
\nNow I\u2019ll let the hit men tell you the arrangements.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEv\u2019rybody bow the knee to the statue.
\n\u2018Cuz we are gonna be all lookin\u2019 at you.
\nBetter get yer face down,
\nBetter let it stay down.
\n\u2018Cuz we are hangin\u2019 ready here to snatch you!\u201d<\/p>\n

Neb\u2019kanezza needed feedin\u2019 of his ego.
\n\u2018Cuz he didn\u2019t have too many real amigos.
\nHe\u2018s some control freak;
\nFreedom is oldspeak;
\nToo bad for Shadrak, Mishak, Abednego!<\/p>\n

In the civil service they\u2019re the three best fellas.
\nIt\u2019s human nature. All the rest are jealous.
\nSaid, \u201cNow we\u2019re gonna get \u2018em,
\n\u2018Cuz their faith\u2019ll never let \u2018em
\nEver bow to other gods\u2014they\u2019re over-zealous.<\/p>\n

They told Neb, \u201cYour laws are bein\u2019 flouted.
\nShad, Mitch an\u2019 Nego, they \u2018bin outed.
\nDear leader don\u2019t get uptight,
\nBut we hear the three stayed upright.\u201d
\n\u201cThen bring \u2018em all to me!\u201d Is what he shouted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m givin\u2019 you a last chance.
\nBow or do the fire dance.\u201d
\n\u201cI\u2019m givin\u2019 you a last chance.
\nYou bow or do the fire dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBe it death or glory
\nThe Lord he owns our story.
\n\u201cBe it death or glory
\nThe Lord he owns our story.
\nThat is our final answer\u2014that is our stance.\u201d
\nThat is our final answer\u2014that is our stance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The King, it drove him, yellin\u2019 to the wi-yer.
\nSaid, \u201cBring the stove up seven times high-yer!\u201d
\nToo hot to turn a roast by it,
\nThe guards are turned to toast by it
\nWhile slingin\u2019 them into the fi-yer.<\/p>\n

Neb thought \u201c I\u2019ll eat my hat an\u2019 shed some ego;
\n\u2018Cuz who is that with Shadrak, Mishak, Abednego?
\nFor sure they\u2019re safe an\u2019 sound in there.
\nWhat\u2019s more, now walkin\u2019 round in there,
\nThere\u2019s four where there was only three amigos!\u201d<\/p>\n

The three come out without a whinge from the thick of it;
\nYer see without a semi-singe or a sniff of it.
\nThe rescue was a miracle;
\nThe rescuer, angelical.
\nYer see, God\u2019s in the ring an\u2019 he is fit for it.<\/p>\n

Now Neb is biggin\u2019 up the God of the threesome.
\nSaid, \u201cHe\u2019s livin\u2019 He\u2019s a bod who is fearsome.\u201d
\nAnybody who is dissin\u2019 Him,
\nYou gonna soon be missin\u2019 him.
\n\u2018Cuz Neb, he gives the nod an\u2019 disappears \u2018em!<\/p>\n

Ask this:<\/strong>
\nHave I got a few brothers, or even one who would stand with me through my fiery trials?<\/p>\n

Pray this:<\/strong>
\nPlease Lord, find me some men who will stand with me, for You, whatever.<\/p>\n

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