How God glorified His Name Through Life of Daniel (Malayalam Audio Sermon)
This meditation is from the Book of Daniel, Chapter 6. In the previous chapter King Belshazzar. “That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain, and Darius the Mede took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two” (Daniel 5: 30,31) King Darius took over.
In Daniel 6, we read about how King Darius He appoints 120 rulers and 3 Administrators. Daniel was one of the administrators. Daniel was promoted by God. It is the Lord who promotes us.“For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.” (Psalms 75: 6,7). Then King again promotes Daniel above the administrators. The administrators now had to report to Daniel and Daniel to the King, because possessed an excellent spirit.
Now the admins and the rulers tries to find fault with Daniel because they were jealous of him. When we remain faithful in our Christian journey, satan works Day and night to accuse the people of God. “For the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down from this place, where he stood before our God accusing them day and night.” (Rev 12:10). Remember! The devil works in the people around us, to find fault with us and to put us down. But never give place to him. This is how we have to silence our accusers: By doing good! “For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.” (I Peter 2: 15). Daniel was faithful. “They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.” (Daniel 6:4).
Finally they tried to find a way to trap him with the law of God in whom Daniel believed. And they went to the Kind and devised a decree to put to den all those who pray to any other god than the king. When Daniel knew this, he went home to pray. He started thanking the Lord and gave petition to the Lord. Daniel was in authority. He could have gone to the King, but he went to the King of kings. “It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in prince” (Ps 118: 8,9) Daniel decided to handle this situation in prayer.
Now his accusers found him praying and went to the King to charge against Daniel by saying he was found praying to his God. King tried his best to save Daniel but couldn’t as he already has signed the decree. Finally Daniel was put in the lion’s den. King lost his sleep. Early morning, king goes to the den and calls out Daniel. Daniel answers and says, my God sent angel to shut the lion’s mouth. Even the king could not save him, but the King of kings could. People cannot help us when we are in trouble, only the Lord can! Therefore let us put our trust in God. Daniel trusted in God.
Finally King glorified our great God by issuing a decree.
Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every languagein all the earth: “May you prosper greatly!
26 “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel.
“For he is the living God
and he endures forever;
his kingdom will not be destroyed,
his dominion will never end.
27 He rescues and he saves;
he performs signs and wonders
in the heavens and on the earth.
He has rescued Daniel
from the power of the lions.”
28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian. (Daniel 6: 25-28)
The story ends with God’s Name being glorified. Yes, that’s our goal. Whatever happens in our lives, if we remain faithful to God, He will glorify His name through our lives.
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