DCLM Higher Everyday 12 October 2024 — Triumphing In Tests – Part 1
DCLM Higher Everyday 12 October 2024 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — Triumphing In Tests – Part 1
Topic: Triumphing In Tests – Part 1
Text: Daniel 1:13-15
13Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
14So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.
15And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat.
Key Verse:“And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat” (Daniel 1:15).
Message
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a form of scientific experiment used to compare a proposed new treatment (e.g. drug) against an existing disease. A group of participants (treatment group) are assigned to receive treatment. Another set of participants (control group) will not receive the treatment. At the end of the experiment, the treatment group will be compared with the control group to determine the effect of the treatment (e.g. drug) used for the experiment. That was the kind of test Daniel proposed for Ashpenaz, the master of the eunuchs. Daniel and his friends chose to be in the control group and proved that the king’s food had no better nutritional value.
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At the end of the experiment, the result was intriguing. The control group triumphed. Daniel and his friends who subsisted on legumes and water proved to be fatter in flesh than the rest. What was the point of this test? Daniel wished to prove that keeping to God’s word and observing God’s dietary rules will always be advantageous. They abstained from the delicacies of Babylon and they were better off.
Quote: They were better off
Challenge: Abstain from the delicacies of Babylon.
Prayer for today: O Lord, help me to pass my tests.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
