November 29

Daniel 6

Oh To Have Faith Like Daniel

As I'm reading the account of Daniel I marveled at not only his faith but his self control and obedience to God.  All through his account we have read that he did not falter once in his prayer life or his belief in God.  I've done many Bible studies with women about believing God, knowing Who we belong to, and trusting our Lord but Daniel lived it.  The account of his story is so encouraging and strengthens my faith.  As we live our lives conforming our souls to our Lord, we might, in fact look strange to others.  There were those who were jealous and had hard feelings towards Daniel but no one could find fault in him. Similarly, as followers of Jesus we find favor in God's eyes and live in blessings which often times might look like lack or failure to other people and they don't understand.  As I was reading this I realized that Daniel's life line to God and the key to his faith rested in his prayer life.  He was very disciplined, he didn't hide his daily prayer and he prayed regularly.  Our enemy isn't stupid, he too knows that if he can distract us, keep us busy enough, disconnect who we are in agreement with and get us to lose our focus on our life line to God through prayer, he gains a foothold and we falter. I pray for all of us today that we intentionally continue to set time aside for prayer so that when we are in a "pit with a lion on a snowy day" even unbelievers witness God's undeniable work in our lives.  I pray each victory in Christ strengthens our faith and encourages us to run our race.  The same God who rescued Daniel is the One who hears our prayers and delivers us.

Randi