Trust When Sealed In
15 Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”
16 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” 17 And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
Daniel 6:15-18
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Trust When Sealed In
The stone was rolled over the lion’s den, sealed with the king’s signet. From a worldly perspective, it was the end of Daniel. But God’s deliverance often begins where human hope ends. Darius, though a king, was helpless to save. Yet Daniel’s God was not. The Lord allowed Daniel to be sealed in, not to perish, but to show His saving might. Our Lord Jesus, too, was sealed in a tomb. Roman guards stood watch. A stone bore Caesar’s authority. But death could not hold Him. The cross looked like defeat, but it was God’s greatest victory. Christ shattered the seal of death and rose triumphant. Like Daniel, we may find ourselves “sealed in” by trial or grief. But we look to the One who broke death’s grip. In Christ, no seal, no den, no tomb can separate us from God’s saving love. Trust the One who saves, even in the dark.
16 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” 17 And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.
Daniel 6:15-18
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Trust When Sealed In
The stone was rolled over the lion’s den, sealed with the king’s signet. From a worldly perspective, it was the end of Daniel. But God’s deliverance often begins where human hope ends. Darius, though a king, was helpless to save. Yet Daniel’s God was not. The Lord allowed Daniel to be sealed in, not to perish, but to show His saving might. Our Lord Jesus, too, was sealed in a tomb. Roman guards stood watch. A stone bore Caesar’s authority. But death could not hold Him. The cross looked like defeat, but it was God’s greatest victory. Christ shattered the seal of death and rose triumphant. Like Daniel, we may find ourselves “sealed in” by trial or grief. But we look to the One who broke death’s grip. In Christ, no seal, no den, no tomb can separate us from God’s saving love. Trust the One who saves, even in the dark.
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