Personal Summary: Adversity In The Classroom

When we look at the account of Daniel we see that even though he was a captive, a slave, a second class citizen he had found favor with this captors.

I like Daniel because it shows us that in spite of your circumstances you can still rise. Here qas a man how had been taken from his home. It could be presumed that that hed been separated from his family and his parents. Maybe he had been married maybe not as there is no mention of a family for either him or his prodigy the 3 Hebrew boys.
But Daniel kept his faith. He continued to talk with God. And he did it as often as some of eat daily. I can image in a foreign land having witnesses and having heard about and continuously hearing about you friends that didn't make it. Some of us have friends that didn't make it.
But rather that to be stuck in his circumstances Daniel shows us that we can not only survive but that we can live again even in the worst.
He shows us that we can rise above adversity in the home
Adversity on the job in the classroom and even in our relationships as long as we keep god first and focus on Him.

It is this focus of his that ultimately makes a name for him. Notice that his conspirators realized that his integrity was on point and untouchable. If only we had inspiring leaders who had half the integrity he displayed. They realized that they could not bring up stuff from his past concerning money women or drugs. They could find no issues of infidelity mismanagement of money, there were no imbesselment stories to spread no illicit drug use. He had not been in a bar raid or even seen at Cache creek.

I'm not saying he was perfect I'm just saying they couldn't find anything on him. So much so that they presumed the only way to get Daniel out of their hair was to snare him with his God.

So began the peculiar plight of his perplexed peers who plotted to permanently terminate. So they produced a plan for the king to put on parchment a plan that made it possible to put him to an
end.

Daniel took out time to not only mention the name he'd been given but also his given name.

If your mom and dad are fire and sand you end up as glass. How they shape you determines whether you end up as a prism a tumbler a plate or a window.

Problem is that when you're taken into captivity you can be renamed wood. And if you buy into it you can end up attempting to block the very light you were intended to pass.

That means remember who you are and what type intended to be.

Daniel because of his faith and belief in god continued to be faithful. No doubt it was the reason he had found favor with his captives.

Having God's favor on your life is not always accepted by your peers. Some of Daniel s peers ploted against him by causing the king to sign an irrevocable law that was designed to be the demise of Daniel.

As a result Daniel was forced to spend the night away from home. It was hoped by his peers that it would be th last night on earth but GOD.

Even if your circumstances are foul you can still be fresh.

a result he was setup. Ambushed.