Wait a moment. Isn't Daniel one of the most respected men of Scripture? Wouldn't it be noble to be like him? Absolutely but if that is our goal then we are likely to fail and become discouraged. More I study Daniel the more I realize that I am not like Daniel.
There is good news though. It is the gospel. God is not just faithful to those who are faithful to Him like Daniel. If God was only faithful to those people that wouldn't be good news. God is faithful even when we are not faithful. It is not about us trying to be like Daniel but knowing that the God who was faithful to Daniel is the God who will be faithful to us.
Scripture tells us to fix our eyes on Jesus not to try and be like Daniel. Daniel without the Gospel would be just another man and that is all we will be without the Gospel. When you read Daniel you should just not say what an incredible man but what an incredible God who could take an ordinary man and make him a Daniel. That is the work of the Gospel
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