They could have argued this way, but they didn’t. They realized that the goal of life is not to stay alive, but to glorify God. The three young Hebrews realized there is no way you can bow down in front of an idol to the glory of God. If they had obeyed the king’s decree, they would have disgraced God, not glorified him. You see, God asks us not only to love him and to trust him but to fear him above all things. We fear him when we give all glory to him, when we are downright afraid to do anything