God Saves Daniel

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God Releases the Captive

Daniel 6:19-23  The Message

^19-20 At daybreak the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. As he approached the den, he called out anxiously, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve so loyally, saved you from the lions?”
^21-22 “O king, live forever!” said Daniel. “My God sent his angel, who closed the mouths of the lions so that they would not hurt me. I’ve been found innocent before God and also before you, O king. I’ve done nothing to harm you.”
²³ When the king heard these words, he was happy. He ordered Daniel taken up out of the den. When he was hauled up, there wasn’t a scratch on him. He had trusted his God.

For Reflection

 Not only Daniel, but also, the king expected Daniel to be safe in the lion's den.  Daniel had faith, radical trust, that he would not be harmed.  Daniel testifies that God had closed the lion's mouths.  Two questions arise for each of us:  first, do we have David's radical trust in the face of our troubles, and secondly do we admit that God had intervened on our behalf?

Pray

for the radical trust that lets you expect God to step in.  Praise God for God's abiding presence,