Daniel's life was not one smooth journey but more of a roller coaster. We have this myth sometimes that if only we had enough faith or trusted God enough then life would be straightforward. This is not true, if you look at the heroes in the Bible, Old and New Testament, none of them had a smooth ride. David's life was one immersed in conflict, sometimes because of his own sins, and mostly because of the sins of others. Daniel was just a man. so no doubt had his collection of sins, but in Daniel he is portrayed in a universally positive light. Even so, his life involved its fair share of challenges to say the least. Here we see the most famous one, Daniel in the lion's den.
In life we often think (at least if you are anything like me, which is a perhaps an unjustified assumption) God please protect us from this trouble or that trouble. we hope that this doesn't happen, or that doesn't happen. In a particular crisis this might be OK, but as a general approach to life it is not good. If we get free from one source of trouble we can be pretty sure that before long something else will crop up. The right approach is to know and trust our Lord. To know that He is the creator and sustainer of all things, the Lord of all. If God is for us, who is against us? (Rom 8:31). God's love for us trumps any opposition that might come our way.
We will look at Daniel 6 tomorrow.
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