Been Tricked? Found Yourself Amongst Lions? God Will Make A Way!

By Pastor Matthew

Daniel in the Lion’s Den

Daniel 6:4-27

Daniel was a great man of faith and prayer.  When he had to choose between praying to God or facing death for his beliefs, he was faithful to God.  He was protected all night by an angel when he was thrown in a den of lions.  We have his example to be faithful and stand up for God.

Have you ever been to the zoo?  Did you ever see lions in a den?  Did the zoo keepers let you go in with the lions and pet them?  No Of course, not!  The lions are fierce and might hurt you.  In this blog, I want to tell you about a story in the Bible about a man named Daniel.  One time he had to spend a whole night in the lion’s den!

Daniel was given a top job in the kingdom of Darius because he was a faithful hard worker.  This made the other princes jealous of Daniel.  The only way they could find him at fault was to make a law that was against his religious beliefs.  The princes tricked the king and got him to pass a law that said no one could ask a petition of God or man, except to the king for thirty days.

Daniel was a man of prayer.  He had a habit to pray to God three times a day.  Daniel knew of the law, but he continued to pray each day as he always did.  King Darius liked Daniel, but when the princes told him that Daniel had broken the law, the king had to punish Daniel.  He realized too late that the princes had tricked him into passing such a law.

The king ordered that Daniel be cast into a den of lions.  The king hoped that Daniel’s God would deliver him, saying, “Your God who you serve continually, He will deliver you.”  A large stone was placed over the den of lions and was sealed.  The king was so worried about Daniel that he couldn’t sleep that night.  The first thing the next morning, the king went to see if Daniel had been killed.  He cried out to see if Daniel was alive and Daniel answered him, “My God has sent His angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, that they could not hurt me.”  The king was overjoyed and had Daniel pulled out of the lion’s den.  He then brought the men who had accused Daniel and threw them in the den of lions, along with every member of their families.  The lions tore them to pieces before they could even hit the ground.

Do you ever find yourselves in situations where you must stand up for what you believe in?  Here in America, we are blessed to have great religious freedom.  We are free to pray privately to Jesus at any time and any place without breaking a law.  Many people in the world still do not have this basic freedom.  We can thank Jesus that we have this privilege as well as many others.  We can look to Daniel as an example to stand up for our religious freedom, and to be faithful to Jesus at all costs. 

However, there is also another principal shown clearly in this story.  When making right choices, no matter how hard they might be, going against the earthly king’s of this world, we can know that God will spare us from the mouths of the lions that would want to tear us into pieces.  Scripture is clear that “Vengeance is mine says the Lord.”  Those who do the plotting and planning, wanting to bring destruction to those who stand for righteousness, will one day in this life or the next face the justice of Jesus Christ.  We as believers need to be encouraged in this biblical and spiritual truth, and walk forward in what God has for us no matter how unpopular or confrontational the battlefield that has been set before us is.  Therefore, be encouraged all those who are heavy laden!  Jesus Christ, the King of Kings is on the side of His children desiring that we have success in all that we do, bringing us rest and peace at the end of each day!

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