Daniel, his exceptional qualities

Daniel 6:1-14

It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, with three administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel.

Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”

Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. 

Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day.” When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.

All his life Daniel has been a man of God. He is now in his eighties, and his enemies still cannot fault him. They can only attack him through his religion. Daniel could have stopped praying for a month, or he could have prayed in secret. But he is no more ready to compromise now than he was as a boy. So his enemies have him.

Why?

Daniel has exceptional qualities so the king set him over the whole kingdom.

They never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.

Daniel can stop praying for 30 days or pray in secret but he didn't, he remained to pray and open his door. This is his faith in the Lord. Daniel did not care about his life but focused on the Lord only.

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大利烏為波斯帝國第三任國王，經過70多年但以理已經80多歲了。他一生守住神的道，盡心盡力為國家服務。等於是總理王，王要立但以理為總理，引起其他總督不滿。

試練和逼迫會不斷來到，撒旦會用不同方式試探。依靠主不一定一路順利。因為敬虔才受到逼迫。敬虔的人也會受到逼迫，利益，誘惑來逼迫我們。但以理可以30天不禱告，或是可以關上窗。但是但以理不是禱告給別人看，而是做本來就是該做的事，不用改變。

大利烏很清楚但以理的為人處事，王卻一心想要救他的忠臣但以理。人被權利、慾望蒙蔽以致沒有想到此事。自己比神更大，讓自己昏了頭，可以彰顯王的威嚴。人如此行在權利慾望中，自我膨脹，最後也會傷到自己。反之，我們敬虔事奉主，即使有時候疏忽，考慮周到，神亦然在暗中保守補足我們。

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How?

What we can do and what our life will be is in the hands of the Lord! No on this world!