She dropped down into her chair. She was exhausted from six days in a row of 12-hour days driving a taxi in Las Vegas. She looked over at me, “You’re not going to believe what happened today. That creep Gino called me into the office!”
“He told me, ‘You’re not getting enough big fares, honey. You need to start going to the airport.’” The implication was that she needed to start taking people through the tunnel, which is ten miles more than the regular way. That’s about $20 USD more than what it should cost!
But she wouldn’t cheat people, so she was laid off right before her probationary period ended. By all senses knowledge, it seemed she’d been burned.
It reminded me of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in Daniel chapter 3, when they wouldn’t bow down to worship the idol Nebuchadnezzar set up. They were thrown into the “burning fiery furnace.” Nebuchadnezzar was so mad that he commanded his men to heat the fire up seven times hotter. Then something unusual happened.
“The flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.” And a similar thing happened to the taxi company when they fired my friend for not bowing to their evil ways.
The taxi company got burned in a financial way. We prayed according to Romans 12:19 for God’s vengeance and He took care of it. There was a huge inquiry and a strike. Headlines read, “Clark County taxicab drivers taking tourists on the scenic route to and from the airport overcharged their passengers an estimated $14.8 million last year.”
The taxi company lost millions of dollars because of the strike and audit, and my friend received way more money from unemployment than she had from the actual job. And Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego didn’t burn either.
When we take a stand on what we know is true, God will not let us down. He will not let us burn. But if evil people are not willing to change, “God will repay with tribulation those who trouble you.”
Love, Carolyn
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