Living Your Faith

Read Daniel 6:1-24

Power! Many desire it, few have it, and fewer yet have earned it. Whether it is power on the street corner of in the corporate office, certain people are obsessed with desire for power. Gang members use threats and violence, often resulting in death. Others fin d their path to power through lying and backstabbing as they make their corporate climb. Politicians may use mid-slinging and slander to gain powerful local, regional, or national influence.

Not much has changed since Daniel’s day. Daniel was another Hebrew exile in a high government office. Jealousy and the desire for power motivated certain men to discredit Daniel about his faith in Yahweh, the God of Israel. But a few power-hungry men out to get him did not stop Daniel from boldly living out his faith.

[Daniel] went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before (verse 10).