Good Morning Friends,
“So the king gave the order, and they brought
Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, ‘May your
God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!’ A stone was brought and placed
over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and
with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. Then
the king returned to his palace and spent the night without eating and without
any entertainment being brought to him. And he could not sleep. At the first
light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near
the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, ‘Daniel, servant of the
living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from
the lions?’ Daniel answered, ‘O king, live forever! My God sent his angel, and
he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found
innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, O king.’”
(Daniel 6:16-22)
God is able to rescue those who serve Him.
There is no situation that is beyond God’s
ability to step in with help to deliver us from what we face. God was able to
control the lions -- He shut their mouths. That was a miracle, and God performed
it on behalf of Daniel, because Daniel faithfully served Him.
Are you facing any lions -- hurtful
situations that are beyond your control? Do you have a boss who is out to make
your life miserable? Do you face a bad situation at work? Sometimes the lions
are in your own family, those who should love and support you most, turn against
you. Sometimes the lions are within your own body -- physical problems about
which you can do nothing. There are many places that lions lurk, seeking to
hurt us.
God is able to rescue those who serve Him
from the lions in their lives.
God may not always save us from the lions we
face – it is His sovereign decision that determines when He intervenes and when
He doesn’t. He intervened for Daniel – but He didn’t for Abel, nor for Paul,
nor for Peter, nor for Stephen, nor for Jesus! But – He can! So we can trust
Him, knowing that it is not powerlessness that causes God to stand idly by
while lions attack.
When faced with lions, Daniel continued to
walk faithfully before God, and trusted God. There’s a great example for life
-- walk faithfully, trust God -- even when you are facing lions.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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