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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Devotional: April 23rd

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Daniel 1:1-8

Daniel stands out from the other prophets. His book deals with the times of the Gentiles (Luke 21:24), that is to say with the very long period stretching from the carrying away to Babylon to the future re-establishment of the nation of Israel under the reign of Christ. But this man of God also speaks to us by his example. What lessons we shall be able to learn from him!

The very first lesson is this firm purpose in his heart that he would not defile himself (v. 8). As a young foreigner brought to the court of the heathen monarch, he could have found many excuses for conforming to the royal diet (contrary to the requirements of the Law). What remained of the Jewish worship, now that many of the vessels of the ruined Temple had been brought to Babylon? (v. 2). Was he not himself a captive, the recipient of a particular favour which he would be despising if he refused the royal dishes? Would he not be drawing dangerous attention to himself and to his friends? But for this man of faith, neither his personal difficulties, nor the hostile environment, nor the destruction of the Jewish worship could detract in any way from the authority of the Word of his God. Dear friends, does this Word have the same value for us? Then let us be careful as these young men to remove from our "diet" everything that would defile our body and our spirit (2 Corinthians 7:1).

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