It took about 25 minutes to read this passage. King Darius was tricked into proclaiming Daniel’s death sentence by issuing a law that forbade prayer for 30 days. Daniel heard the law and did what every believer should do when confronted with a terrible problem; take it to God in prayer. In verse 10 Daniel went home and prayed; but I wonder what words he brought before God during the prayer. Did he pray for continued courage to pray regardless of the charges against him? Did he pray for wisdom during the 30 days? Or maybe that his prayer would be hidden? He surely made his prayer life a matter of public discussion; for all his enemies knew his prayer schedule. I wonder how many times he told them that would be praying three times each day? God may not have answered Daniel’s prayer the way Daniel expected, but God answered in a way that has been an example of his Love for all his people over 2,000 years after Daniel’s ordeal in the lion’s den.
Stuart
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