Bible Verse of The Day – 11-18-23

Daniel 1:3 (NKJV) 3 Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king’s descendants and some of the nobles…

Some of the children of Israel were exiled to Babylon to serve king Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, four Hebrew boys were about to go through a very big change.

They were required to learn a whole new way of doing things in the king’s palace.

Wouldn’t you think, being God’s children, that He would deliver them from this situation and make the king bring them back to Israel?

He did not.

But He did help them find favor by giving them wisdom and understanding ten times better than all the others.

Daniel 1:20 (NKJV) 20 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.

They were required to go through a three-year training course. They were taught the language and literature of the Chaldeans.

They were also required by the king to eat and drink things that would defile them.

Right from the start, Daniel had to take a stand in a place he was not from.

Because he knew the food and drink that the king offered would defile him, he purposed in his heart not to receive it.

He fought to keep himself away from such things and to remain loyal to God and continue to do the things he knew were good for him, no matter where he was.

Daniel 1:8 (NKJV) 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

When we face a situation where we may have to choose to stand up and fight for what is right, remember Daniel and how he purposed to do the right thing and how it all turned out good for him despite circumstances that looked very bleak in the natural.

God will give us a plan and His favor!!

He may not necessarily keep us from being placed in certain situations. But He will help us to get through it if we follow His lead.

Don’t give up. We are children of the Most High.

With His understanding, wisdom and plan, we will make it through the most difficult situations and not be defiled. Amen.

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