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Royalty and Ruin
to follow right, Satan was to be defeated and the name of God to be
exalted.
Early the next morning King Darius hurried to the den and “cried
out with a lamenting voice, ... ‘Daniel, servant of the living God,
has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you
from the lions?’”
God Is Able to Deliver
The prophet replied: “‘My God sent His angel and shut the lions’
mouths, so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent
before Him; and also, O king, I have done no wrong before you.’
“Now the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded
that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken
up out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because
he believed in his God.
“And the king gave the command, and they brought those men
who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions.”
The wicked opposition to God’s servant was now completely
broken. “Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign
of Cyrus the Persian.” And through association with him these hea-
then monarchs had to acknowledge his God as “the living God,
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and steadfast forever; His kingdom is the one which shall not be
destroyed.”
Daniel the Same in Adversity or Prosperity
Anyone whose heart is set firmly on God will be the same in the
hour of greatest trial as in times of prosperity. Faith grasps eternal
realities. Christ identifies with His faithful people; He suffers in the
person of His chosen ones. It is possible for the servant of God to
be faithful under all circumstances and to triumph through divine
grace.
The experience of Daniel reveals that a person in business is
not necessarily designing and self-serving. God may instruct such a
person at every step. Daniel had like passions as ourselves, yet the
Bible describes him as without fault. His business transactions, even
under the closest scrutiny of his enemies, were found to be without