Saturday, November 21, 2015
We can trust God!
Daniel 6:21-23 (NKJV)
21 Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever!
22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you."
23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.
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Daniel landed in the lions' den because he was faithful to his God! Not the outcome we want when we seek to be faithful to Him!
Daniel's faithfulness had brought him favor in the eyes of the king and God, but jealousy from his peers!
The focus here should be on the faithfulness of God. He brought Daniel out of the lion's den without any harm. But I was thinking the other day: What if He had let the lions dispatch him to heaven? Would that have made God any the less faithful? See Hebrews 11:35-40 for a list of folks who stood faithful to God and died!
Daniel had the same faith as the 3 Hebrews who went through the fiery furnace. He trusted God to do what was right.
We have to ask ourselves the question? Do we trust God to do what is best, or only judge Him as faithful when He does what we want?!?
21 Then Daniel said to the king, "O king, live forever!
22 My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you."
23 Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in his God.
++++++++++++++++++
Daniel landed in the lions' den because he was faithful to his God! Not the outcome we want when we seek to be faithful to Him!
Daniel's faithfulness had brought him favor in the eyes of the king and God, but jealousy from his peers!
The focus here should be on the faithfulness of God. He brought Daniel out of the lion's den without any harm. But I was thinking the other day: What if He had let the lions dispatch him to heaven? Would that have made God any the less faithful? See Hebrews 11:35-40 for a list of folks who stood faithful to God and died!
Daniel had the same faith as the 3 Hebrews who went through the fiery furnace. He trusted God to do what was right.
We have to ask ourselves the question? Do we trust God to do what is best, or only judge Him as faithful when He does what we want?!?
// posted by Pastor Fred @ 2:15 PM 
