[[Abdulrahman]] > [!Note] > “My God sent his angels and closed the lions mouth and they didn’t harm me” - Daniels rivals set it up so that he is forced to break the law - ![[Dan 6#7]] - Daniel anyway goes ahead and does what he has always done - ![[Dan 6#10]] - The king hoped that he would be saved by the God he believes in - ![[Dan 6#16]] - [[Daniel]] did not hesitate to do what he had always done. Sometimes, we need to decide to do what seems unreasonable to do and to believe that following God is a better way than anything else - Sometimes, since God wants to save us himself, the things we pursue to solve our problems end up not saving us. Instead, God chooses to bid his time to save us himself. - Daniel was unharmed because he trusted in God - ![[Dan 6#23]] - Since Daniel did his work of praying to God during the good times, it was God’s turn when he was helpless - He is human and so when he was in the lions den, he might have given up but since he had already invested in the good times, he was not afraid during the bad - Because Daniel followed God’s instruction, God’s message was spread without Daniel even preaching himself. - Following God with all our hearts is the centerpiece of the christian life