🦁 Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Daniel was a wise helper to the king, and he prayed three times a day toward Jerusalem with his windows open. Other officials were jealous. They tricked the king into a law: for thirty days, anyone who prayed to any god or person except the king would be thrown to the lions.

Daniel heard the law. He went home, knelt at his windows, and prayed anyway, giving thanks as he always had. He was not showing off. He was refusing to pretend that the king was God. The officials caught him, and the king, trapped by his own law, had Daniel lowered into the den. The king spent the night unable to eat or sleep.

At dawn the king hurried to the den and called out. Daniel answered. God had sent an angel and shut the lions’ mouths. Daniel was lifted out, unharmed, because he had trusted God.

You may never see a lions’ den. You will see moments when doing the right thing is unpopular: telling the truth, praying, being kind when a group is cruel. God can shut mouths you are afraid of. Keep the windows of your heart open toward him.