“Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.” - Daniel 10v12
“Daniel was a man of prayer, daily prayed he three time…” Thus starts a lovely children’s song about Daniel in the lion’s den. It does point out an important truth about Daniel and his prayer life.
Daniel was a man who saw his prayers answered. I think this passage partly tells us why. When he prayed he
Set his heart to understand God
Chastened, or humbled himself before God
When he did this, God heard his prayer and sent the answer.
What does this mean about prayer? It means that Daniel did not try to get things done his way, he set his mind to understand God’s way instead of his and then he humbled himself to receive God’s will. True prayer does not try to mould God to our pattern, it humbly desires Him to mould us to his pattern.
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