If we could say two things about Daniel up to this point, it would be trustworthy and strict loyalty to God. His honest character was well known by the king who, because of this, set him over all his affairs. However no matter how humble Daniel was, the king's actions made the others envious to the extent that they wanted to destroy him. Yet they could find no fault to accuse Daniel with.
Now if someone wanted to find something to accuse you about, would they find it? We are in the midst of a series of debates about who will win the nomination as the Republican candidate for president. There seems to be one accusation after another. Many of them may not be true at all.
When it came to Daniel they said: "If we find anything at all, it will have to be something about his loyalty to his God." So they set a trap for Daniel and made this plan that no one could pray to anyone except the king. Because of the king's pride, they succeeded. There again, since Daniel knew about it, what would he do? Daniel did not waver but continued his practice of praying three times a day. They had him! The outcome of the story, which we all know very well, is not in our set of verses for today.
If you were in a similar situation, would you have enough loyalty and confidence in God to do it? Would I? This is a good question? Spend some time considering it.
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