Dan 6:3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
Daniel 6:5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
Dan 6:28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
It all begun with the King’s intention to appoint Daniel to be in charge of all the one hundred and twenty satraps and governors who were managing the affairs of his kingdom. This meant that Daniel would be second in command in the whole of Medo – Persian empire. Having not found any ground to accuse Daniel in regard to government affairs, the satraps and the governors were wise enough to realize that the only area in which Daniel could be accused was in his loyalty to the law of his God.
They hatched a plot to petition the king to impose a loyalty type decree that any one who makes a petition to any other God beside the king for a period of thirty days shall be cast into a den of lion. When Daniel knew that the document had be signed, he entered his roof top chamber, opened his windows towards Jerusalem and continued praying, giving thanks to his God three times a day. This was reported to the king and Daniel was thrown in a den of lions. Miraculously, God delivered him, prospered him and he served in the reign of king Darius and in the reign of king Cyrus.
When God wants to take you to the next level, you are likely going to face some resistance. No one ever gets to where God wants them to be without a fight. Right before the blessings, there will be a warfare. There will be all manner of accusations, malicious rumours, character assassination, sideshows etc. But like Daniel , you will come out victoriously, without any scratch and you will prosper and enjoy success as ordained by the Almighty.
Further readings:
1Sa 1:1-10
2Chr 20:17
Dan 3:28-30
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