Daniel Called and God Answered

                                       

Where is your heart’s disposition?  

What is your heart fixed on?

While studying the book of Daniel, I realized something profound: Most prophets and priests were first called by God—they heard His voice, received His instruction, and responded. But Daniel’s story was different. He was taken into captivity, bound and constrained physically and culturally. He had every liberty to follow other gods in a foreign land, yet he chose to honour the God of his fathers. Daniel called on God—and God answered.

"But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies…" (Daniel 1:8)

As a result, "God gave Daniel Favour
in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs…"  

And "Daniel and his companions were found ten times better…"

Daniel encountered God personally. He placed a demand on God—not just for himself, but for his generation—because he chose a life of consecration. He didn’t only restrain from the king’s meal; he also restrained his heart, fixing it solely on God.

His consecration opened him as a gate of wisdom, knowledge, and spiritual insight—not just in divine matters but in all areas of understanding during his time.

Daniel’s love for God wasn’t based on witnessing miraculous victories. It was rooted in knowing God’s ways. And because of that, God revealed Himself to him.

Are you on the Lord’s side?

Life-changing encounters may not come in the place of comfort, but at the moment we make bold, God-honoring decisions—and run with them.

Daniel may have been a captive, but he experienced true freedom because he fixed his eyes on God. He lived free because he discovered his true identity in God.

Even if your physical circumstances suggest otherwise, you can take a different posture in God. Only He can bring true liberty.

Though Daniel was bound, his life became a sweet melody even to his captors, who called him “the one who has the spirit of the Holy God.” Yahweh wasn’t just an inherited deity—He became Daniel’s personal God.

Daniel called—and God answered.

You may feel bound, but Yahweh is your liberty.

Stay Revived!