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Monday, November 30, 2015
Daniel 6:16
Then the king
commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions.
Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest
continually, he will deliver thee.
For further study – Daniel 6:10-28
You will recognize the story from your days in Sunday School and maybe
even have seen the drama played out in a church program some time in
your past. It is a wonderful story of the "steadfastness of Daniel."
Just to remind you, Darius, the king, had published a decree that told
his subjects they were not allowed to offer up a prayer to anyone other
than the King himself, verses 4-9. This decree was meant to bring harm to Daniel, but instead it brought praise to Daniel’s God.
You know the story so well, so allow me to just bring to your attention
some of the highlights of this portion of Daniel that we are using for
our devotional reading for today. There are many blessings to be found
in this passage. Here are just a few.
Daniel, as was his custom, went to his chambers and kneeled to pray
towards Jerusalem, as he had been commanded. By the way he was not
trying to hide and pray, but prayed with the windows open so that all
the Kingdom could see the faithfulness of Daniel, verses 10-11.
Daniel’s enemies rushed to the King to report Daniel going against the
King’s decree. Daniel decided that it was more important to obey God
than man. When we do that we must be ready to face the circumstances, as
was the case with Daniel.
The King, realizing what his decree meant to Daniel was very displeased
with himself and wanted to change his decree but was reminded by his men
that the "law of the Medes and Persians" would not allow the king to
change that order which would send Daniel to the death as a punishment
for simply praying.
How important is my prayer time I must ask myself. Would I be willing to
face a death sentence so that I could be faithful to the dictates of
God for my spiritual life. Daniel is a perfect example for me, and all
of us who want to serve Him.
What a promise that Daniel was reminded of by the King as he was being thrown into the lion’s den, verse 16, our key verse for today. As we "continually serve Him," He takes care of all our needs, even physically.
There is so much more in this passage that we could share. Let me draw
your attention to the prophetic portion of our reading for today, verse 26.
The King put out another decree that in all of the kingdom men should
"tremble and fear" before the God of Daniel. The entire kingdom would
recognize the God of Daniel as the "living God who was steadfast forever
and that His kingdom would be forever."
The kingdom that will be "forever" is the one that Jesus Christ will set
up after the seven year Tribulation, yet in the future. But I must say,
not to very long into the future. The Rapture could take place today,
which will set everything in motion for the Lord’s return to set up His
Kingdom.
PRAYER THOUGHT: Thank
you Lord, for your protection of those of us that "continually serve"
you. Help me to be as "steadfast" as Daniel in those things that you
direct me to do in my relationship with you.