God Wanted to Help Daniel (TMF:1209)

Thursday, September 05, 2019
Peace to Live By: God Wanted to Help Daniel (TMF:1209) - Daniel Litton
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       It wasn’t that Daniel had to talk God into doing for him what he wanted him to do. God wanted to help him. And notice how the angel said, “I have come because of your words.” Our words that we speak with our mouths are very important. And they do allow God to use his angels to benefit us and help us. And I certainly think this is true for us, as Christians. I think God often does answer our prayers from the very first time we ask him something. Now, of course, this is not always the case, as the Lord Jesus Christ told us to keep praying and never give up (see Luke 18:1). But I do believe that often times this is the case. We know that God sent the angel immediately after Daniel prayed his prayer on the first day. How do we know that? If we continue reading in Daniel, the angel tells him, “The prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days, but Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I was left there with the kings of Persia.” Notice the twenty-one days mentioned here. So, God had dispatched the angel on Daniel’s first day of praying.