Daniel 6
Last Wednesday, I was confronted with a very drastic change in my routine. What has been my safe haven for almost a year was removed from me in one 5 minute meeting. Contech’s static environment has made it easy for me to get my work done efficiently. It was comfortable, easy, and for the most part, Christian. I had encouragement from over half the team at the least and the ability to do research in my bible in my spare time.
I was asked to transfer to another office. I was told that it would be temporary so a new guy can be trained. My boss said it would be a great opportunity for me to get some training for new environments, a change of pace from my norm. I was nearly cut to tears. I would have been jumping for joy come 3 weeks sooner, but God was trying to teach me something. Something from where I was then to where I am now.
Somehow I went from single guy with no priorities to single guy on a mission to be a second level engineer at Contech, to a child of God, to a guy in a relationship with God and a Godly woman. In that time, my priorities definitely shifted from being the next Ben, to accepting being like Mark and Trevor. I don’t need all this information and extra money, I don’t need to be the CEO. All I need is God, all I want is to grow old with a beautiful wife and some kids. There are no other things that are priority right now. Give me a small piece of land to raise some kids on and a small blessing to get them raised right and live on until God comes for us.
This was day one at Intrust, it wasn’t great and I even told someone close that I feel dead inside spiritually and as anxious as if I made a horrible decision and now im dealing with the consequences.
I read Daniel 6 tonight to see what Daniel did while in the lion’s den. What were the lions like, how did Daniel pray, did he have fear or regret, etc. When I got to the point where the king threw him in the den, I found out that the bible doesn’t really say a whole lot. Just that “ 23 The king was overjoyed and gave orders to lift Daniel out of the den. And when Daniel was lifted from the den, no wound was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.” That’s it? Really? Nothing else was said about how awful it was, nothing was said about the fear or danger. Just that he ‘…trusted in his God.’ I can hope from this, then, that my outcome will be like Daniel. That the king will come after the night and and decree that everyone is to fear the God that Patrick serves. I need to be ‘…found innocent in His sight…’, trusting in the Lord Almighty and keep in mind that God’s power trumps the lion’s jaws.
Written as a confession, prayer and testimony, Amen.
