From Victom To Victor 4

Hello Everyone,

Finally I can be victorious because “my God sent” (Daniel 6:22).

Years later, after Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon had been conquered by a new king, a new empire,

Daniel was still serving in the royal courts, and still faithfully praying to God—three times a day, in fact.

But others among the court officials resented Daniel.

He not only still had influence in the government, his influence was growing.

So these officials plotted against Daniel, and convinced the king, whose name was Darius, to proclaim a thirty-day period in which no one could pray to anyone but the king.

Thirty days.

I know someone is thinking, “I could go thirty days without praying.”

Some may even be thinking, “I DO go thirty days without praying.”

But these plotters knew that Daniel couldn’t … or wouldn’t.

And they were right.

Even after the decree was signed, Daniel continued his three-times-daily prayer habit without missing a beat.

So the king, though he liked Daniel and had plans to promote him, had to enforce his own law.

As punishment, Daniel was thrown into a den of lions … overnight. 

Now, I don’t know if you’ve ever been at the lions’ area in the zoo at feeding time.

If you haven’t, let me fill you in: When fresh meat is thrown to the lions, they don’t waste time. They get down to business, like some of us at a buffet.

But after the king suffered a sleepless night, the Bible says this, in Daniel 6:19–23:

At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. When he came near the den, he called to Daniel in an anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

Daniel answered, “May the king live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, Your Majesty.”

The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God (NIV).

Let me focus on verse 22. Notice: Daniel said,

“My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions.”

“My God sent his angel.”

“My God sent.”

Daniel was saved … because God sent someone …

Do you know I can say the same?

Do you know many here can say the same?

Except that in our case, God did not send an angel, but someone even greater than an angel; he sent His Son.

The most familiar verse in the Bible puts it this way:

God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life (John 3:16, NIV).

I can be victorious over temptation and sin because “my God sent …”

I can be victorious over shame and guilt because “my God sent …”

I can be victorious over death and the devil because “my God sent …”

I can be victorious over all the evil and filth of this world because “my God sent …”

And you can be victorious, too.

Greater Things Are Still To Come!