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Faith will see you through

Posted March 19, 2008

Daniel and the Lions Den is one of my favorite stories in the Bible. Daniel was a prayer warrior. It didn’t seem to bother Daniel that he was a slave to King Darius. He prayed everyday. Daniel was a very wise man and his owner grew to trust Daniel. As time went on King Darius grew to love Daniel.

This made the other wise men jealous so they began to plot against Daniel. They convinced King Darius to make it a law that everyone had to pray to King Darius or be thrown into the lion’s den. Not realizing that this was a plot against Daniel, King Darius agreed.

Having no choice but to follow the law, King Darius had Daniel thrown into the lion’s den at the insistence of the other wise men that he follow the law he declared.

King Darius lay awake all night worrying about his beloved friend. At first light, King Darius ran straight to the lions Den, opened the door and cried out to Daniel. He was amazed and thrilled that his beloved friend Daniel was still alive.

King Darius was so happy that Daniel’s God honored his prayers that he declared that everyone would now only be allowed to pray to Daniel’s God. He then threw all the wise men that had plotted against Daniel into the lion’s den.

I love this story because Daniel was not afraid to die for his God. He was not afraid of the wise men trying to kill him. He was not afraid to take a stand for what he believed in, even in the face of death.

God will carry you through the hard times. Even when people are lying about you. Our children need to know this when having to face the peer pressure in High School. They need to know that God will always be there, no matter what, even when it seems all is going wrong. Daniel had faith even when he knew following God would mean his death. And God was faithful to Daniel.

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