Daniel 11 - Let the Partying begin!

Daniel 6
11. Then the men thronged to Daniel's house and found him praying there, asking favors of his God.
12. They rushed back to the king and reminded him about his law. "Haven't you signed a decree," they demanded, "that permits no petitions to any God or man - except you - for thirty days? And anyone disobeying will be thrown to the lions?"
"Yes,'' the king replied, "it is 'a law of the Medes and Persians,'that cannot be altered or revoked."
13. Then they told the king, "That fellow Daniel, one of the Jewish captives, is paying no attention to you or your law. He is asking favors of his God three times a day."
14. Hearing this, the king was very angry with himself for signing the law, and determined to save Daniel. He spent the rest of the day trying to think of some way to get Daniel out of this predicament.
15. In the evening the men came again to the king and said, "Your Majesty, there is nothing you can do. You signed the law and it cannot be changed."
16. So at last the king gave the order for Daniel's arrest, and he was taken to the den of lions. The king said to him, "May your God, whom you worship continually, deliver you."
And then they threw him in.
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This was the day Daniel's enemies had been waiting for - their day oftriumph and victory! At last they had got the better of Daniel.
They had set their trap, baited it and both king Darius and Daniel hadfallen right into their trap! They must have had a wild celebratory party!

But they forgot Daniel's GOD. It was the Most High God they had reallyset themselves against. This is how God looked at the situation:
32. Evil men spy on the godly, waiting for an excuse to accuse them and then demanding their death.
33. But the Lord will not let these evil men succeed, nor let the godly be condemned when they are brought before the judge.
34. Don't be impatient for the Lord to act! Keep traveling steadily along his pathway and in due season he will honor you with every blessing, and you will see the wicked destroyed.
35. I myself have seen it happen: a proud and evil man, towering like a cedar of Lebanon, but when I looked again, he was gone! I searched but could not find him!
37. But the good man - what a different story! For the good man - the blameless, the upright, the man of peace - he has a wonderful future ahead of him. For him there is a happy ending.
38. But evil men shall be destroyed, and their posterity shall be cut off.
39. The Lord saves the godly! He is their salvation and their refuge when trouble comes.
40. Because they trust in him, he helps them and delivers them from the plots of evil men.
(Psalm 37 LB)

Prayer:
Father, today I place myself without reservation into Your mightyand capable hands.
Thank You for helping me to develop a consistently godly life-style,so that when I face a situation of trouble, as Daniel did, I trustYou to defend me, as Daniel did.
Thank You for helping me to cultivate faith beforehand, so that I cantrust You in desperate circumstances,
in Jesus' name,
Amen.