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Finally, they said to one another, “We will never be able to bring any charge against Daniel, unless it has to do with his religion.”
They all went to the king and said:
“Your Majesty, we hope you live forever! All of your officials, leaders, advisors, and governors agree that you should make a law forbidding anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next 30 days. Everyone who disobeys this law must be thrown into a pit of lions.
Order this to be written and then sign it, so it cannot be changed, just as no written law of the Medes and Persians can be changed.”
So King Darius made the law and had it written down.
Daniel heard about the law, but when he returned home, he went upstairs and prayed in front of the window that faced Jerusalem. In the same way that he had always done, he knelt down in prayer three times a day, giving thanks to God.
Daniel 6:5-10
When the King made a law that made praying to God illegal for thirty days Daniel disobeyed the law by praying in front of a window as he usually did three times a day. The threatened consequence was not insignificant. Being thrown into a den of lions is not a small problem. But God rescued Daniel for his faithfulness and displayed His power to everyone!
In the United States praying in schools is virtually prohibited and praying in public places and especially governmental meetings is seriously limited. Many are offended to hear a prayer that ends "In Jesus Name."
Daniel's response to a thirty day prohibition on prayer was to pray as usual in front of the window where he could be seen. Daniel could have reasoned that all he had to do was to pray in private rather than in front of a window and no one would know. Daniel made no changes to his regular prayer practice to accommodate the new law and he was thrown into a den of lions!
If you want to become a Daniel today here is how to do it. First let your relationship to God be a constant and overwhelming part of your daily life. Praise Him in public and in private. Pray all the time whether or not you can be seen by others. And then when your actions become so convicting to those around you that they convince the King to make a law which makes it illegal for you to continue your prayer and praise in public, disobey the law and honor the Lord!
I can assure you that if you obey such a law you will regret it, but if you disobey a law designed to come between you and God, you will never be sorry! Amen!
They all went to the king and said:
“Your Majesty, we hope you live forever! All of your officials, leaders, advisors, and governors agree that you should make a law forbidding anyone to pray to any god or human except you for the next 30 days. Everyone who disobeys this law must be thrown into a pit of lions.
Order this to be written and then sign it, so it cannot be changed, just as no written law of the Medes and Persians can be changed.”
So King Darius made the law and had it written down.
Daniel heard about the law, but when he returned home, he went upstairs and prayed in front of the window that faced Jerusalem. In the same way that he had always done, he knelt down in prayer three times a day, giving thanks to God.
Daniel 6:5-10
When the King made a law that made praying to God illegal for thirty days Daniel disobeyed the law by praying in front of a window as he usually did three times a day. The threatened consequence was not insignificant. Being thrown into a den of lions is not a small problem. But God rescued Daniel for his faithfulness and displayed His power to everyone!
In the United States praying in schools is virtually prohibited and praying in public places and especially governmental meetings is seriously limited. Many are offended to hear a prayer that ends "In Jesus Name."
Daniel's response to a thirty day prohibition on prayer was to pray as usual in front of the window where he could be seen. Daniel could have reasoned that all he had to do was to pray in private rather than in front of a window and no one would know. Daniel made no changes to his regular prayer practice to accommodate the new law and he was thrown into a den of lions!
If you want to become a Daniel today here is how to do it. First let your relationship to God be a constant and overwhelming part of your daily life. Praise Him in public and in private. Pray all the time whether or not you can be seen by others. And then when your actions become so convicting to those around you that they convince the King to make a law which makes it illegal for you to continue your prayer and praise in public, disobey the law and honor the Lord!
I can assure you that if you obey such a law you will regret it, but if you disobey a law designed to come between you and God, you will never be sorry! Amen!
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