Jan 23 2009
Daniel in Everyday Life
This man liked to pray to God three times a day. He is told by way of a royal decree that he cannot do this for 30 days. Daniel looked forward to spending time with God. It is really no surprise that he carried on as usual.
Now the group of people responsible for this were jealous over his senior appointments. If only they could get rid of Daniel. Too bad it was they that got eaten by the lions.
In everyday life Christians are sometimes subjected to this type of behaviour. Take for example some new people come to your church. They are made song leaders and become best friends with your minister. The same one you have to make an appointment with a month in advance.
Some years ago my wife an I were part of a church planting team. We were living in a district that was unfamiliar to us. Work was scarce and money was carefully spent. A group of people from the congregation gave us a food parcel. The Pastors wife told us off big time.
At the time it shook us up. But we pressed into God, just like Daniel did.
The point is this. Daniel was got at. We will all be got at in some form or another. There is a saying I’ve picked up in my travels. It goes like this. When there is nothing left but God, God is enough.
