WEDNESDAY - 14TH JULY, 2021
MORNING WINGS DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE - Olusola ADEJUMO
WILL YOU BE FOUND INNOCENT? - Side C
Read Daniel 6
Daniel 6:22, KJV
"My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt."
This was Daniel speaking to King Darius from the den of lions he was thrown into. This event was not fiction but a real happening.
Daniel, because of the excellent spirit in him was set over others and was thought to be set over the kingdom too. This was after his being promoted and ranked above all presidents and other officials. This is where hatred and envy towards him came from. Others wouldn't want that. They must have asked, "how can a non indigene arrive here and seek to substitute us?" In the bid to eliminate Daniel, they requested the king to sign that no man shall request a thing of any God or any person except Darius himself for thirty days. The king having seen the sought of estimation that would bring him did same without wondering why. It was his pride to be treated as God that really brought him the unhappiness he had in relation to Daniel's conspiracy later.
Daniel, having known this has been signed into law went to his house and prayed three times a day like he would do. Obviously, these conspirators were watching. It wasn't long they found Daniel going against the decree and requested the king to enforce the consequence on him. It was now the king knew why they had came for the decree to be signed initially. He tried to save Daniel but all was to no avail as these conspirators held him to his words and the laws of the Medes and Persians which changed not.
Daniel was therefore thrown into the den as a last resort with a prayer from the king that his God whom he serves continually would save him. The king who had him at heart but has been manipulated and outsmarted by his conspirators couldn't sleep nor revile in the joys of kings. He rather fasted for Daniel and was up the next morning to see if Daniel was still alive or not.
He asked:
Daniel 6:20, KJV
"And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?"
Daniel in response had said, "God had sent his angels to shut the lions mouth because He has found me innocent before Himself [God] and before you, the king."
This is how the righteousness of Daniel saved him. It wasn't long when those who dug the pit for Daniel to fall into were thrown into the same den of lions. That's how their evil returned on their heads. God is for the righteous and He seeks his deliverance. Nothing interests God to see that you are of a pure heart and clean hands. As far as Daniel was concerned, it was envy and hatred that stirred his being conspired against. It was not that Daniel seek intentionally to disobey the king. He was an obedient and faithful steward that both God and the king knew to be upright in all. The reason for Daniel's deliverance was simple, "he was innocent and found blameless when inspected or searched by God."
This is a call to give God boldness and eagerness to vindicate you in trouble by having not done as said by all mouths that may rise at you. God is near to you even when persecuted or conspired against. As long as you're not guilty nor anything of the enemy found in you at inspection, you can always trust to triumph over evil.
PRAYER: Lord, when I'm searched, may I be found blameless at Your sight. I'm acquitted. All accusing tongues are judged and condemned.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicles 15:1-16:36, Romans 1:18-32, Psalm 10:1-15, Proverbs 19:6-7
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