Be Still And Know

Daniel 6.10 NLT 'But when Daniel learned that the law had been signed, he went home and knelt down as usual in his upstairs room, with its windows open toward Jerusalem. He prayed three times a day, just as he had always done, giving thanks to his God.' When King Darius took over from King Nebuchadnezzar he found Daniel to be a very effective administrator and so gave him more and more responsibilities. This stirred up the envy of other leaders who were determined to bring Daniel down a peg or two. But they had a problem, because no one could find anything for which to criticise him. He was said to be faithful, always responsible and completely trustworthy (Daniel 6.4). The only way they could trip him up was by introducing a new law which said that no one could pray to anyone other than the King. The King duly passed this law and the penalty for disobeying it would be to be thrown into a den of lions – a horrifying way to die. Daniel was in the habit of praying three times a day and nothing was going to