Bigger Plans
Those Who Will Be Rescued From the Lion’s Den!
Those Who Will Know The Indescribable Joy Of Adding To The Kingdom!
Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. Daniel 6: 11
Daniel was confronted with a new law.
He was told he could no longer pray to God.
That he was only allowed to pray to the new king.
Prayer is our opportunity to get advice, wisdom and direction from God, our Father.
That we are called to pray morning, noon and night, to our Father.
That we have the wisdom we need for the day.
That we have the intimacy of friendship with our God for the day.
That we have the peace, the joy, the confidence from our Father to meet the challenges of the world today.
So when Daniel was told about this new law, he needed to ask God for advice, for help.
For he knew he needed to obey God, only worshipping the One True God.
These other men were seeking to persecute Daniel for his integrity.
But because Daniel was a person of integrity, he kept obeying God.
And He trusted God that He would work out the situation.
What Daniel found out through this experience, is that this persecution was actually a gift from God.
For It was provision from the Lord.
To lead that king to know Him the Only God.
Who then would lead his whole kingdom to believe in Him, the One True God.
His whole kingdom that was composed of Northern Africa, the Middle East, and India.
This persecution of Daniel, this one faithful man, was a gift to Daniel to be part of saving a whole generation of people.
That they would all be jewels on Daniel’s crown in Heaven.
And that Daniel would be spoken of for generations to come, His integrity known and seen generation to come for anyone Jew and Gentile that reads this story.
That God was actually blessing Daniel and honoring his integrity through this persecution.
That Daniel went through hardship, persecution for one terrifying night but that his legacy has lasted for thousands of years.
Being God’s main man at this time.
Being part of one of the greatest revivals for the world at that time.
That Daniel is alive and well walking around in Heaven, with millions of people who got saved through his suffering for one night.
That millions of people, got to have forever, everlasting, eternal life in a place of joy, health, healing, completeness, all because Daniel could be trusted to suffer for one night.
That Daniel even got to be a foreshadowing of Jesus to come.
That we would realize, recognize that when the Messiah, Jesus comes (who has already come), we would realize that He had to suffer for us, to bring us this blessing, this revival, this renewal of the human heart, that all people learn the truth of who the One True God, the Only God is and receive Him.
For Jesus, Yeshua, is a man of the ultimate integrity.
He lived a perfect life, with perfect actions, perfect thoughts, perfect obedience to God and His ways.
Then He laid down His life, suffering to pay for the Adam and Eve heart of disobedience for all of mankind.
That billions upon billions upon billions of humans, could be part of this Kingdom of Life and the Eternal Completeness, that will make up all of eternity for those who choose Him.
May we know that we know that we know the value in maintaining integrity through all circumstances.
May we know that we know that we know our lives here and now are having a much greater impact than we can see in the moment.
May we know that we know that we know that everything in the Tanakh, the Old Testament is point us to the Savior, Jesus Christ, the Messiah, that we all be a part of the billions of billions who receive His heart in exchange of our old Adam and Eve heart, giving us entrance into God’s Forever Kingdom of Life, Joy, Completeness and Healing.
love kathlynn