#soap # Daniel 01 ## Title: Be Determined When Facing Difficulty ## Scripture: (Daniel 1:8) “But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.” (NET) ## Observation: This is a sad situation. Daniel and his friends have been deported from their home. They will never see it again. They are in a new land, with a new language, and they are under the command of a foreign nation that does not honor God. What would you do? Would you try to make yourself fit in and not make waves? Would you even be able to function when losing everything? Daniel decided that his situation did not determine his faithfulness. He chose to honor the Lord in the only way he could. He couldn’t go back to Jerusalem or rebuild the walls. That was too big for him at the time and that task was for someone else. All he could do was refuse to eat food offering to idols. Seems small, but it was the reason that mattered. ## Application: Be determined and faithful in the little things today. ## Prayer: Thank You, Jesus, for seeing us where we are, not where we think we are supposed to be.