"THEN, by agreement, these men came [together] and found Daniel praying and making requests before his God."
Daniel 6:11 (Amps)
• Ploy against Daniel did not succeed. Those who were stirred up by the devil to plot evil against you will surely fail, If you are circumspect and pay attention to your walk with God; through prayer and the knowledge of the Word of God.
Do not stop praying because of the opposition. The prayers had to be without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17).
When you allowed the threat of men to cause you to derail from God, you might short-circuit the flow of His power in your life. You might hinder Him from showing forth His potentness, how strong He is—the demonstration of His power on your behalf: "FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH, TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHOSE HEART IS LOYAL TO HIM" (2 Chronicles 16:9 NKJV).
In-spite of the threat to send whoever called on God to the den of lions, Daniel still prayed. Do not be intimidated by the human threats.
Lay down your life for God (Esther 4:16). If you chose to die because of serving God, doing God's Will; He will surely stand to defend you—He will work it out that your life is not cut short or wasted! Your loyalty will defend you and see you through! (1 Peter 4:14,19).
• Their conspiracy, against Daniel, was foiled. In other words, what they plotted against Daniel failed:
21 DANIEL ANSWERED, “LONG LIVE THE KING! 22 MY GOD SENT HIS ANGEL TO SHUT THE LIONS’ MOUTHS SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT HURT ME, FOR I HAVE BEEN FOUND INNOCENT IN HIS SIGHT. AND I HAVE NOT WRONGED YOU, YOUR MAJESTY" (Daniel 6:21,22 NLT).
If you are on the LORD'S side, whatever evil plotted against you, will surely fail. God will not leave you in the day of adversity, If you worshipped Him with all your heart.
If people conspired against you, remain steadfast in God and let Him defend you. For God has in His hand all things, He has the power over all things, there is nothing He cannot do.
The Devil will inspire people against you, If you wanted to live for God (2 Timothy 3:12). God will send His Angels to guard and and guide you, If you sincerely trusted and depended on Him.
Many have not experienced the power and faithfulness of God, because they have not totally summited to His Will and ways.
Your level of loyalty, submissiveness or commitment, determines God's response to you in the day of adversity. The truth is, nothing comes from God, or nothing is released by Him, without a genuine commitment on your part.
• Humble yourself before God (James 4:10). If you always wanted to have your way, God might not be fully involved in the matters of your life.
If you are full of the self, you are opinionated; you regard not God's Will, and you always want to do your will, you may NOT enjoy the best of Him (Proverbs 3:5,6).
The room you give to God in your life, He will occupy. You can choose to shut Him out of your life, or partially allow Him, or allow Him fully (Revelations 3:20).
Let God have His way always in the matters of your life, by so doing, you allow Him to demonstrate His power on your behalf; especially when opposition arose—when people conspired against you.
God helps those who trust in Him, those who are helpless. He helps the helpless, NOT those who trust in the self.
If you could help yourself, He might not bother to help—He will allow you to use your power and wisdom (Proverbs 3:5,6).
What do you have as the secret of your strength and power? Prayer does imply that you have no strength of your own, asking God to help you. That is what Daniel did!
• Glorious weakness. Some believers want to believe or think that you do not need to pray on everything, since God has given you brain to think and do some certain things.
If you could use your brain to accomplish certain things in your life, rather than asking God for directions, you may generally not need God in the affairs of your life.
In fact, If God sees that you are a believer who trust in or subscribe to mental reasoning or logical thinking in getting solutions to your challenges; He might not all that bother about being involved in the affairs of your life (Jeremiah 9:23,24).
If you can fight physically, it means you are weak. If you can defend yourself, God might not see the need to defend you!
However, If you depended not on your physical strength, you did allow God to fight for you, by turning your problems to Him in prayers; It does mean you are strong (Proverbs 3:5,6).
If you did pray and put your trust in God, He would be there for you as the very present help in the time of need (Psalm 46:1).
Someone who is feeble or weak physically, but is prayerful; such is stronger than whoever may show the signs of physical strength:
"HE [God] GUARDS THE PATHS OF THOSE WHO ARE FAITHFUL TO HIM. BUT EVIL PEOPLE WILL LIE SILENT IN THEIR DARK GRAVES. “PEOPLE DON'T WIN JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE STRONG" (1 Samuel 2:9 New International Reader’s Version).
• Put aside your physical strength, connections, positions, attainments or successes, authority or power which you have had in the world; let God take His rightful place in your life and defend your cause: "BUT WHAT THINGS WERE GAIN TO ME, THESE I HAVE COUNTED LOSS FOR CHRIST. 8 YET INDEED I ALSO COUNT ALL THINGS LOSS FOR THE EXCELLENCE OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST JESUS MY LORD, FOR WHOM I HAVE SUFFERED THE LOSS OF ALL THINGS, AND COUNT THEM AS RUBBISH, THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST" (Philippians 3:7,8 NKJV).
The weakest person is the person who professed to be a believer in Christ Jesus, but trusted in the arms of flesh: "SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS AND SOME IN HORSES, BUT WE TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OUR GOD" (Psalm 20:7 ESV).
If you had accepted Christ as your Lord and Saviour, you should allow Him to be the Lord of All in your life. You do not hold back any part or session of your life that you think should not be given or surrendered to Him; all power or whatever of yours should be relinquished to Jesus—when you accepted Him as your Lord and Saviour (Philippians 2:5-7; 3:7-10).
IN other words, the control of every area or department of your life should be given to Him.
The strongest person is the person who puts his or her trust in God and takes everything to Him in prayer: "NOT THAT WE ARE SUFFICIENT OF OURSELVES TO THINK OF ANYTHING AS BEING FROM OURSELVES, BUT OUR SUFFICIENCY IS FROM GOD" (2 Corinthians 3:5 NKJV).
Daniel's weakness is Prayer, and it is a
glorious weakness. If you are strong in prayer, but weak in the physical power or strength, you are a STRONG person, because spiritual strength or power is higher than physical strength: "NO ONE MAKES IT IN THIS LIFE BY SHEER MUSCLE!" (1 Samuel 2:9 The Message).
• You will not fail in Jesus' name.
I speak peace to your life in Jesus' name.
Whatever pain you are having in your body is cursed in Jesus' mighty name. And you are healed of every infirmity in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.
Peace!
STEPS TO SALVATION
• Take notice of this:
IF you are yet to take the step of salvation, that is, yet to be born-again, do it now, tomorrow might be too late (2 Corinthians 6:1,2; Hebrews 3:7,8,15).
a. Acknowledge that you are a sinner and confess your Sins (1 John 1:9); And ask Jesus Christ to come into your life (Revelation 3:20).
b. Confess that you believe in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that you confess it with your mouth, Thus, you accept Him As your Lord and Saviour (Romans 10:9,10).
c. Ask that He will write your name in the Book of Life (Philippians 4:3; Revelation 3:8).
If you took the steps As highlighted above, It means you are saved—born-again. Join a Word based church in your area and Town or city, and be part of whatever they are doing there. Peace!