Weekly Reflection – Reverence

Weekly Reflection – Reverence

“Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth: “May you prosper greatly! I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. For he is the living God and he endures forever; his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end. He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.” 

— Daniel 6:25-27

The reality that God delivered Daniel and his friends from certain death was observed and recorded—no man could question God’s power. Both Darius and Cyrus saw how God prospered Daniel and brought to him good out of evil. Daniel was a walking testimony of the Lord’s love and protection before these two kings and their empires.

Today, believers may not confront literal lions, but our adversary “walks about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour” (1 Peter 5:8). Nonetheless, we have the assurance that if we “fear and reverence” the Lord, He will shut the mouth of the most ferocious predator we will ever encounter.