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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Daniel 1:9-21
If we want to be faithful, we can always count on the Lord’s help. He is master of our circumstances and, when we have taken a courageous stand for Him, for the sake of His glory He will not permit us to be put to shame before the world. "Them that honour me I will honour", is His promise (1 Samuel 2:30). God intervenes here in two ways on the behalf of Daniel and his companions. In the first place, He disposes the heart of Ashpenaz favourably towards them (cf. the story of Joseph in Genesis 39:21), Then He enables the physical condition of the four young men to vindicate their special diet. On the spiritual plane, some young Christians may find themselves in their studies in a similar situation to that of Daniel and his three friends. From the human point of view, the fact of refraining from certain sources of instruction and of culture, viewed as quite indispensable, could place them in a disadvantageous position in relation to their friends. If they renounce these in faith, divine blessing is assured for them. Such was the case for these four students who passed their examination with honours. They will be faithful witnesses for God presently, whereas we shall hear nothing further of the other young men (Psalms 119:98; Psalms 119:100).
