May your God,
whom you serve continually, rescue you! (Daniel 6:16).
You know the story.
The new king Darius gave responsibility for the daily affairs of his kingdom to
three rulers, one of whom was Daniel. Daniel outperformed his counterparts and
was slated to receive a promotion, which made his opponents very envious of his
success and position. Rather than work harder, they determined to bring Daniel
down a notch.
Fast forward to a
reluctant king caught by his own words. Darius doesn’t want to punish Daniel,
his chosen second-in-command, but he also doesn’t want to vacillate in front of
would-be contenders for the throne looking for any sign of weakness. So Daniel
becomes potential Fancy Feast for ferocious felines.
Before the sentence
is carried out, Darius whispers a message of regret mixed with a tinge of hope:
May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you! The king knew
Daniel’s life was consistent. Daniel wasn’t one who served God just for God’s
blessing. He would not deny God to save his own skin. On the contrary, he
wasn’t the other kind of man with a milk toast faith who, when things start
going bad, suddenly calls out for deliverance to a God whom, when everything
was good, he had previously ignored.
Daniel’s faith was
solid. Daniel knew it, Darius knew it, and those conspiring against Daniel knew
it.
TODAY’S MEDITATION
Is your walk consistent
whether life is good or circling the drain? Is it a secret or is it common
knowledge? What are you going to do about that?
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