What an opportunity...

Something struck me this morning… We each have an opportunity – every day – to have an experience like Daniel when he was in the den of lions. This earth really is like a den of lions… Temptations surround us and our “adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” So many people around us are looking for something solid that they can always depend on… They are watching us, and the cry of their heart is “is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?” It is up to us how that is answered. We can either dishonor God, not accepting his strength and protection to overcome sin, or we can say with Daniel, “My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me…” This incredible victory was made possible because Daniel “believed in his God.” When we really take God at His word, those around us will see that our Father “is the living God, and steadfast forever...He delivereth and rescueth…”