I am challenged yet again by the character of Daniel. Even godless men are not able to find a charge against him. In chapter 6, the presidents and satraps seek to find a charge against Daniel. They watch and watch, and yet are not able to find anything he does that is wrong. Then they say, "hey we will find something wrong with his Bible."
Daniels Bible says that he should worships the Lord and give him thanks, so Daniel of course does this. The presidents and satraps see Daniel worshiping God and say, "ah ha, we have found a fault with Daniel." You see, they made an ordinance, that nobody was to be found worshiping another god or man for 30 days.
You remember the rest of the account I presume. Daniel is cast into a den full of lions. God sends an angel to shut the mouths of the lions. King Darius runs to the den early in the morning and finds Daniel still alive. The King realizes that this was deceitful of his presidents and satraps; and so casts those men, along with their entire families into the den. The text tells us that the lions crushed all their bones into pieces before they even reached the ground.
Daniel was a Christian in the midst of a pagan culture, yet he was not found to be offensive to the culture of the unbelievers around him. They could not find any flaw or wrong doing in him; so they found it in the Bible that Daniel believed. He remained faithful to the text, and so should we.
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