Delivering through others- for God

“We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” –Daniel 6:5

This has to be one of the people in the Bible I’d want to meet. No fault could be found in him. The other king’s officials saw that the only way that they could try and find fault with him had to be his beliefs. So they influenced the king to make a decree stopping all people from praying to any God or giving praise to any God for 30 days. With this in mind Daniel went forward and continued with his daily routines. Thrice a day he’d pray as before during the time of the decree. Now the officials had something to pin on him. All things they logically could use against him were now at play and they were now certain of Daniel’s demise. After all, the law of the Medes and Persians was that o decree or statute made by the king could be changed. The king lamented this turn of events and tried the whole day to find a way of absolving Daniel. But the law is the law. That night the king fasted and never slept, all because of Daniel. Daniel’s character and way of life was such that the king believed in the power of Daniel’s God and knew that he could deliver him. Nonetheless being the king he could not go against his officials. Something had to give before he could decree that all people should fear the living God of Daniel as He’s true to His word and works wonders and acknowledged that His kingdom shall never be destroyed. Because of one man’s actions and lifestyle, a person in authority did more than what that one man could do in order for people to follow God. May we live a life that makes people in authority do what we otherwise would not be in a position to do for our God in the positions we hold.