Is Your God Able to Deliver You?

O. T. #1994  "Is Your God Able to Deliver You?

August 3, 2021

Daniel 6-Part 4

 

LET IT GLOW

Lions were hunted by kings for sport. the Persians captured lions and put them in parks, fed and attended. Also, lions were used to execute people.

I did not want to leave Daniel in the lions' den, but it was needful. He got there because Daniel did not yield to the new law and stop praying and kneeling to God three times a day. It disturbed king Darius that he set his heart to deliver Daniel, but to no avail. The decree could not be changed. Though he made every effort to set Daniel free, the king could not break his own law. (verses 14-15)

What did the king say to Daniel before he met the lions?

Thy God whom thou servest continually, He will deliver thee. (verse 16b)

Here was a pagan king who was never worshipped God, was suddenly giving him glory in hopes He would deliver His servant. (Tony Evans)

The next morning, very early in the morning, the king went in haste to the den of lions.

O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

What a hope for Daniel's deliverance.

Is your God able to deliver you from whatever? Is your faith unwavering? Are we trusting God for deliverance? When the Lord does, will we give Him thanks and praise?

LET IT GROW

God has unique ways of delivering His people that we cannot imagine. He has parted seas, broke down walls, opened prison doors, and rolled a stone away.

In verse 22, Daniel reassured the king:

My God hath sent His angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before Him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Whew! It was over and Daniel was rescued, delivered, and alive! Daniel was found innocent of all wrongdoing by God, by divine standards. Isn't that the only judgment that really matters?

The angel or messenger who came may have been Christ. He had showed up earlier when Daniel's three friends were thrown in the fiery furnace because they would not bow down to Nebuchadnezzar's statue.

Dear friend, this tells us that Jesus can show up and do what is needed in order to deliver us from our lions' den.

The person who trusts in God and obeys His will is untouchable until God takes him or her. To trust God is to have immeasurable peace. God, who delivered Daniel, will deliver you. Do you trust Him with your life? (Life Application Study Bible)

 

LET IT GO

Keep us in Your will Almighty God.

Protect us, use us, and raise us up to be Your witness, Jesus.

May we be innocent when accused of being guilty.