November 30, 2024
Daily Devotion
"The True Rescuer"
Daniel 6:26-27
New Living Translation
26 “I decree that everyone throughout my kingdom should tremble with fear before the God of Daniel. For he is the living God, and he will endure forever. His kingdom will never be destroyed, and his rule will never end. 27 He rescues and saves his people; he performs miraculous signs and wonder in the heavens and on earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
As early as he could, Darius went to the lion's den. With a trembling heart, he called out, “Daniel, was your God able to rescue you?" The king was overjoyed, and punishment was
given to the malicious men. Just as King Nebuchadnezzar had done before him, King Darius wrote to everyone in his kingdom to revere and fear the God of Daniel. Darius recognized God as living, eternal, and undefeatable. He rescues, delivers, and is even more powerful than lions. We don't know if Darius became a believer in God, or if he was just in awe of what He had done. But we see Daniel prosper under Darius and Cyrus. No one who spent time with Daniel missed that he was serving the living God.
If a selection of people who you've spent a lot of time with in recent months and years were interviewed about you, how many of them would know you are a follower of Jesus? How many would be surprised to hear you are a Christian? We have the opportunity to live out our faith in the ups and downs of life. God is always faithful.
We live along side people from all sorts of backgrounds and experiences. We are God's witnesses in what we do and say but also in what we don't do or say. Our lives can point people to the living God or just blend in with the world around us.
Being faithful to God in the little decisions of life makes it easier to be faithful when the big challenges come. We have seen in the first 6 chapters of Daniel some of his decisions,
which built up, his faith in the living God. Daniel and his friends were faithful witnesses.
