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The Faith of Daniel
What do you do when the bottom falls out of your career, your family's security, your health?
What do you do when things just go horribly wrong?
Though we don't like to think about it, we all know the unthinkable can happen.
Believers are not insulated from life crises.
We live in a fallen world and, like everyone else, may face crippling disappointment and disaster.
It is in times like this that we see how critical it is that we put faith into work, and we see how important a practical exercising of faith is.
The prophet Daniel knew what it was like to exercise faith when it seemed as is the bottom was falling out of life.
Daniel was born into a wealthy and infuencial family in Israel but was taken away captive by the Babylonians when he was still just a boy.
Throughout his life he faced repeated threats to his life from the people around him.
2: Daniel’s confidence in the Lord
One such threat came while he was still just a young man and this is record in , but Daniel models for us a perfect response to crisis.
Daniel
Expectation in praying - Daniel and his three friends were not merely praying because it was the done thing.
Their lives depended on praying, however, they were calm in the crisis because they had an expectation that God would answer.
Question: When we compare Daniel and his friends with the ungodly advisors
Question: Looking at this chapter, what was the first thing that Daniel did when he recieved answer to his praying?
And what does this teach us about how we should respond when God answers our prayers?
Answer: Before doing anthing else, Daniel takes time out to thank God and praise Him for having answered his prayers.
In Daniel’s situation most of us would understandably be in a hurry to get our name cleared and remove the impending threat of execution.
But to Daniel it was critical that he first glorify God.
Question: How is this expression of thanksgiving to God in itself an act of faith?
Answer: Notice that at this point Daniel has not even approached Nebuchadnezzar.
For all he knows he could have completely misunderstood and got the dream wrong, or even that the king will remain angry despite receiving an answer.
But Daniel gives thanks to God in advance, before he knows the full outcome.
In this way he exhibits faith, by taking God at His word not needing to see the situation fully resolved.
3: Daniel’s faith in the face of fear
Daniel 6:
Notice how Daniel’s faith has inspired the faith of even a pagan king.
Charles Spurgeon preached: “Courage in one man breeds courage in another, ...if a man stands like a rock, unmoved, he will soon have a body of others behind him who will have borrowed courage from his example.”
As we exhibit faith, so others around us will borrow from our faith.
“Courage in one man breeds courage in another, ...if a man stands like a rock, unmoved, he will soon have a body of others behind him who will have borrowed courage from his example.”
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