Topic:God’s Plan
Text: Daniel 6:6-24

Are you a child of God? Then you are precious to Him. Believers mean so much to God that they are referred to as God’s battle-axe. “Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations and with thee will I destroy kingdoms.” (Jeremiah 51:20). You are God’s battle-axe. However, you are an effective battle-axe only if you live above sin.

The moment you fall into sin, you become a bunt axe. We need to understand that there is a difference between falling into sin and falling into trouble. You can be a child of God and still fall into trouble. You can be living holy, full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and still fall into trouble. God did not say that this world would be a bed of roses. Jesus Christ said that we would have tribulations in this world but we must be of good cheer because He has overcome the world.

Can a righteous man fall into trouble? Psalms 37:2-4 tells us: “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD, and he is delighted in his way. Though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.” Was it sin that sent Daniel into the lions’ den? As a matter or face, he was thrown into the lions’ den because he was a holy man. Was it lack of faith that sent Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego into the fiery furnace? It was the contrary: it was their faith in God that made the king send them into the fiery furnace (Daniel 6). We may want to ask why God silently watched as His beloved children were going through crisis? Why did God silently watch when Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were thrown into the fiery furnace? Why did God silently watched as Daniel was being thrown into the lions’ den? God watched because He knew what He was going to do. He was already waiting in the furnace and in the lions’ den. God was sitting down in Heaven, as it were, while Goliath raved against the army of Israel.

God said nothing because, years before Goliath was born, He had already created the stone that would kill him. Long before you were born, God had provided the solution to your problems. God has a plan for your life. He will come to your rescue at the nick of time.

Memory Verse: Micah 7:8 - “Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy; when I fall, I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the lord shall be a light unto me.”