Walking by faith!

Walking by faith!

Hebrews 11:32 and the prophets...who shut the mouths of lions (reference to Daniel)

Daniel was a man of faith and walked by faith even in the little things in his life!

Ezekiel 14:12-14 Daniel was listed in the new testimate as a hero of faith and in the old testimate he was listed as a man of righteousness!

Daniel was an alien in a foreign land. He was one of the first exiles to Babylon! Daniel was the outsider.

Daniel 1:1-7 Daniel was carried off to Babylon at a young age. Daniel was selected to be a slave in the Kings palace. The Babylonians tried to give him a new identity. They changed his name, taught him Babylonian culture and tried to erase his God and replace it with their pagan God!

Who could blame Daniel for adapting or conforming to the world around him? He could have compromised and thought God was not there for him. He could have blamed Gods people and struggled with resentment and bitterness towards God!

Daniel 1:8-14 the Babylonians did not try to conform Daniel by presenting him with big things. It was just food. They were not asking him to bow down to another God or sacrifice a baby...etc. Daniel refused to compromise even the small commandments! Satan tempts us in the same way. He gets us to compromise on the little things and erodes our convictions away a little bit at a time!

Every small compromise I make in my relationship with God ( not having my quit times, missing church, not being open about my sins....etc) gives Satan more and more ground in my life attack me from and reach deeper parts of my life!

Daniel had faith when things were hard which allowed him to have faith when things were even harder!

Daniel 6:1-24 Daniel was brought to Babylon when he was around 16 and hear he is an old man around 60-70 yrs old.

Vs 10 Daniel went home immediately to pray! Daniel would not compromise when came to his food and now he was not going to compromise even when his life was at stake! God delivered and rescued Daniel because of his righteousness!

The king was not able to sleep and it says nothing about Daniel have a rough nights sleep even though he was among lions...lol Daniel did not have a hard night in the Lions den! When I stay close to God and I trust my self to God there is true peace and comfort even in the toughest challenges that I may face!

Daniel says that God found him innocent and saved him! Am I living a life of conviction the way Daniel did! Daniel could have prayed in silence. What if he just hid who he was for 30 days? For Daniel to do that would be to compromise! I know what is right and I need to have the same resolve to never compromise!!!

As faithful as Daniel was to God, God was even more faithful to Daniel! God is always at work, providing a way out and rescuing the righteous!