To be fully HUMAN — A Daily Reflection

 

 

Daniel answered, "O king, live forever!  My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions. They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight. Nor have I ever done any wrong before you, O king."

The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

 

Daniel trusted God.  He trusted God when he was carried into captivity in Babylon .  He trusted God every time his life was threatened by one of Babylon ’s kings.  He trusted God, even when faced with a den of hungry lions.  Daniel did much more than give lip service to trusting God… Daniel trusted God with his life.

 

How much do you trust the chair you’re sitting in right now?  Quite a lot, I’d say.  When you sat down in it, did you even stop to think whether it was going to hold you up?  When you get in your car, do you perform a thorough check of the vehicle before starting up?  What makes you so sure it won’t blow up when you start the engine?  Or that a wheel won’t fly off when you’re speeding down the highway?  Or that the brakes won’t fail?  Or that the steering column won’t suddenly break loose and make it impossible to steer the car?  You never think about all that?  Well, actually, neither do I.  Nor do most people.  But that’s because most of us have more faith in a bunch of wood and stuffing or a big hunk of metal made by men in an automobile factory than we do in the God who created all of us.  We’re more likely to trust our fishing boats not to sink than we are to trust God with our lives.

 

How much do you really trust God?  Are you willing to trust Him with your life, like Daniel?  It’s only through trusting Him that we can achieve the peace that Daniel experienced, that peace we talked about before.  Remember, whether you trust Him or not, it’s up to His discretion whether your heart beats one more time.  Wouldn’t you like to have the peace He can give you?  Are you ready to really trust Him – to trust Him so much that you never even think about whether you trust Him, just as you don’t think about whether you trust things like your chair, your car, or your fishing boat.  Are you truly ready to trust Him with your life?

 

Think about it.