Do You Dare to be a Daniel??

Oh do you dare to be a Daniel?
On your knees do you stand up tall?
Is your conversation faithful?
Do you pray when your back’s against the wall?
When you faced that hungry lion,
do you trembled at his roar? Oh do you do dare to be a Daniel?
Do you stand up for the Lord?

Part of the lyrics from "Dare to Be a Daniel"

... Daniel as a fourteen-year old boy, he had been taken from his home, family and friends, and forcibly marched to a strange land. There he was subjected to a powerful and subtle form of indoctrination, in later years he was surrounded by jealous enemies who plotted against his life. At no time was he free from the temptation to pursue material prosperity and personal advancement at the expense of everything else. He was surrounded by evil in youth, middle years and old age. There is hardly a temptation known to any of us that Daniel did not have to face, yet the scriptures do not record a single flaw in his character! He purposed his heart to please God and never moved from that resolve.

taken from http://www.zerubb.com/daniel.htm

"Wow!" is what my heart screamed... Daniel's secret ?? He's a man of prayer; (Dan 2:17-19), (Dan 6:10) and (Dan 9).

Well, got a little side-tracked there, but anyway i purposed to write about us, Christians today, facing all the possible circumstances i could ever imagined; no matter where we go, there seems to be a mountain for us to climb, a hurdle for us to cross, or worse... a lion waiting to devour us!

We all faced diffculties, but do we face our 'lions' bravely or do we tremble and run?? Many bible heroes all eventually had to face their lions (real ones) but with God all emerged victorious, Hallelujah!!

Samson tored apart a lion with his bare hands (Judges 14:6)

Benaiah, faced his lion in the pits on a snowy day. (2 Samuel 23:20)

King David, as a young shepherd boy, has already killed a lion and bear (1 Samuel 17:36)

Someday, all of us have to faced that big hungry 'lion', on a 'cold snowy' day, when that day comes, no doubt we will feel alone, no one understands us, but God does, and you will not be alone!! In the lions' den when Daniel faced the lions, God and the angels were with him!!

Find the strength and courage in God to fight the devil, the lion of our days (1Peter 5:8)

Put on the armour of God and fight (Eph 6)!! Well, we already have the girdle of truth, breastplate of righteousness and helmet of salvation (courtesy of the Cross... Ooo, thank You Lord!), take up the shield of faith, shod the shoes of peace and Good News, and the sword (the Word) and together with PRAYER; lets face the lion bravely. Remember don't run and hide; God's armour gives you full protection in the front, but none at the back!

Continue marching on, stand tall and fight!
God bless you all!