Daniel - Endurance and Escape

Daniel - Endurance and Escape

The long life of Daniel reveals much about our walk with the living God. Of course, the well-known headlines of the book are memorable moments; like when “a fourth man walks in the fire” and delivers our three friends; or when Daniel slept comfortably with the lions; or the night the hand of God wrote regime-change on the palace wall. But there were a lot of mundane moments in between. There were years of study when the four young Hebrews learned Babylonian culture better than the natives. There were long years of civil service amidst idolatrous empires where Daniel modeled integrity and long-distance obedience. He was honored by the Babylonians, who respected him greatly, but they knew the God of Israel held Belteshazzar’s ultimate allegiance. The long and complicated final chapters of Daniel’s book matched his long life – confident in his God, trusting Him with life’s questions.