Daniel 6 - The Lions Den!

The only person that slept the night Daniel was in the lion's den was Daniel!  Darius could not sleep and his mind was troubled. Darius refused the nightly music instruments that usually played before his bedtime.  Darius fasted and would not eat.  Darius was waiting to see if the God of Daniel was greater than any other. The 120 Satraps had deceived him into throwing Daniel in the lion's den. But in spite of his troubled heart, he knew God would deliver Daniel.  He arose early in the morning and came to the den and said, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the Lions?  Daniel said to the king, 'O king, live forever! My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths, so that they have not hurt me.'"  Our integrity protects us from the enemy.  Daniel said, "Because I am innocent before the king, God has delivered me."  The world is looking for people of character who stand for truth.  Darius then took the 120 satraps that had accused Daniel and threw them and their families into the lions den.  The way we handle adversity defines our faith and then our faith witnesses to the nation.  It only took one man who stood in the middle of three great world wide kingdoms of Babylon, Medes & Persian and lived through four kings, to change the hearts of those kings to declare that the "God of Daniel is the only one who delivers.  For this God has a kingdom that will not be destroyed, a kingdom that has dominion over all mankind. He is the only one who can perform signs and wonders."  Nebuchadnezzar, Darius and Cyrus all ended up declaring this!  How many people does it take to transform a nation?  Apparently one!  We little understand the authority we carry on earth.  Daniel understood and never wavered from his heart convictions.  Daniel made the decision when he was a teenager and was first taken into captivity. "Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defiled himself with the king's meat or with the wine which the king drank."  

Daniel In the Lion's Den