Your God will deliver you

So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.” Then a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signets of his lords, that the purpose concerning Daniel might not be changed. – Daniel 6v16-17

Here we see still more of Daniel’s character and his testimony before a pagan and lost world. It is easy enough to maintain our lives and testimonies within the body of believers. It is quite another to stand for the Lord and still have he high regard of others.

The king was appalled when he realised what had happened. But it was too late, the law could not be changed and the penalty had to be carried out. He had to sentence Daniel to death.

When Daniel saw the king to receive his sentence both men were amicable. David respectfully addressed the king (that in itself is a challenge to us) and the king addressed Daniel kindly.

Here is where we see Daniel’s testimony. He knew that Daniel’s faith was genuine because he told ‘served his God continually.’ That is the greatest test for all of us. Do we serve God continually, no matter what comes our way? The very fact that he was not deterred from praying was the reason that the king could say with confidence ‘your God is able to deliver you.’

Our faith may be real to us. We have to ask ourselves if our faith is real to those we know. Do they see that we serve God continually? Do they know that our God will carry us through our own dens of lions?