Daniel

Daniel 3

My women's Bible study group this semester is studying the book of Daniel. You would think, after awhile, all these Bible stories would be old hat. Not so. God's word is living and new each day. He lives in us and lives in His word. No matter how many times we visit a passage it reveals to us what we need for our lives each day. So today I will leave you with a few nuggets from Daniel.

Main Points:

• The world then and today still wants us to bow down and worship idols.
• We are to stand tall as Daniel did and not bow down and worship.
• Do not conform to the world.
• We do not need to defend God. He is God and can take care of Himself.
• God never loses. Things will be done His way.
• Do not fear or compromise when trials or troubles comes.
• God delivers us in a variety of ways:
  - He will deliver us from the trial.
  - He will pull us out of the middle of a trial.
  - He goes through the trial with us and provides protection.
  - He may deliver through death. (Heb 11:35)
  - Other examples of delivery (Prov 22:4-5; 2Tim 4:18)

Consider Daniel sometime and look into the history of this man of dreams. A future blog entry will be dedicated to this study. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.