Daniel: Faithfulness In Exile - In The Lions Den | Brandon Bellows

Why did God let Daniel get thrown into the lions' den? He certainly had the power to stop it. But as we explored Daniel 6 this week, we discovered that God is not a lawnmower parent -- He does not remove every obstacle from our path. Instead, He allows difficult situations while taking away the power of those situations to destroy us.

Just as God shut the mouths of the lions, He has shut the mouths of the greatest threats we face -- sin and death -- through Jesus Christ. Because of the cross, we can stand blameless before God and face every trial without fear.

As Paul writes in 2 Corinthians 4, we are afflicted but not crushed, struck down but not destroyed. Our weakness becomes the very stage on which God's strength is made visible to the world around