We must bow down and serve the Lord only.

King Nebuchadnezzar, who fell on his face and did homage to Daniel (Dan. 2:46)

made an image of gold (3:1) and made everybody to fall down and worship the golden image (v. 5).

He threatened that “whoever does not fall down and worship

shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire” (v. 6).

At that time, everyone bowed down to the golden image (v. 7)

But Daniel and his three friends not only didn’t bow down and worship the golden image

but also they didn’t serve the Nebuchadnezzar’s gods (vv. 12, 18).

As a result, they were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire (vv. 19-23), but God saved them (v. 28).

And this is what King Nebuchadnezzar said about its reason:

It was because they “put their trust in Him, violating the king's command,

and yielded up their bodies so as not to serve or worship any god except their own God” (v. 28).

The Lord is the only One whom we should bow down and worship and serve.