What if God doesn't "answer"?

Daniel 3:13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in furious rage commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. So they brought these men before the king. 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered and said to them, “Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? 15 Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. But if you do not worship, you shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.17 If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. 18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

In this well-known account, God's people are once again being tried and tested. When forced to make a choice between living out our faith or going with the flow, which will we choose?  If it appears that our prayers go unanswered, what or who is wrong?  These three faithful followers are boldly responding to this direct question from the king: "Who is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?"  The answer? "It's not Who will, but Who can. He is able to deliver us from the fire, and even if He chooses not to, we'll be out of your hands and in His!"  These men were going to pray, depend on God, and accept how He wanted things to work out.  It's ultimately about His plan, purpose and glory, and He sees the best way for the ultimate impact.  In this case, He did deliver from the fire, and the King handed them over like a hot potato, acknowledging that their God would deliver and had a hand more powerful than his own.  Do we believe that God has a hand more powerful than our own?