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Can you think of a time or a season in your life when you struggled to be faithful?
How was your faith tested?
How were you pressured to acquiesce to culture or the people around you?
How did you respond?
How do you typically respond in times like this?
The Book of Daniel gives a look at world in history which very much looks like our world today.
It was decaying.
A world that was very much depending on their own beliefs and not relying on what they had been told by God.
This included the southern kingdom of Judah which had been attacked by King Nebuchadnezzar on three different occasions.
The kingdom was giving into what he was telling them.
Daniel and his friends would remain faithful to the God they were raised to believe and trust instead of giving into the belief that N was a god who they should put their faith and trust in.
Why would Nebuchadnezzar want to assimilate the young people into Babylonian culture?
What was he seeking to eliminate?
Why change their names?
Their names had significant meanings within their culture and faith
Daniel - God is my judge Beltashazzar - Bel protect him
Hananiah - God has been gracious Shadrach - The command of Akku
Mishael - Who is what God is Meshach - Who is what Aku is
Azariah - The Lord has helped Abednego - Servant of Nebo
How was the process described in these verses connected to their identity?
What tension do you think Daniel and his friends felt in their new position?
They are being put in a position to go against things they have been taught all of their lives.
Daniel and his friends had learned the scripture and knew what they were supposed to do and what they were and weren’t supposed to eat.
Why would Daniel and the others refuse the king’s food?
Have you ever been in a position where you wondered about the food you were eating and how it had been prepared?
Daniel and his friends didn’t know where and what had been done to the food they were supposed to eat.
What was it to begin with?
Had it been offered to idols?
The only safe thing they knew they could eat was vegetables and water.
So this is what they asked for.
How do we see God’s sovereignty and faithfulness at work in this passage?
We see God at work in the one who was feeding them.
He was actually going against what the king had told them to do.
Through what the four were eating and drinking, they actually were healthier than the ones who were drinking and eating what the king was feeding to the others.
Because fo this the eunuch or the one watching them allowed them to continue on the die they had asked for.
How did God demonstrate His provision and favor toward Daniel and his friends in these verses?
How does this encourage you to be faithful to God in the midst of pressure to do otherwise?
Even in the midst of what these young men were facing, God strengthened them.
He puts Daniel in such a position, he will become a leader with the king.
These guys not only grew stronger physically, which you might expect from the healthy choices they were eating, they also grew in wisdom and knowledge.
This was something which had to be a God thing.
God was strengthening them even in the midst of their oppression.
Some questions to think about:
How does our culture seek to conform our identity to its expectations?
How can we make sure our identity is secure in Christ, even when our faith is tested?
How have you struggled to be faithful when tested in the past?
How does Daniel’s obedience inspire you to be faithful, even in ways that might seem insignificant (like the food he ate)?
How can living faithfully before God in small ways provide big opportunities to share the gospel with others?
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