Babylonian exile, Judean prophet
Daniel
He kept praying with the windows open, knowing it would land him in a lions' den.
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. — Daniel 6:22
Daniel was carried off from Jerusalem as a youth and put into training for the king's service in Babylon, and the first thing he did was purpose in his heart not to defile himself with the king's meat. God gave him understanding in dreams and visions, and he interpreted things the wise men of Babylon could not touch, including the writing that appeared on Belshazzar's wall. Kings came and went and Daniel kept his post. Under Darius he was set over the whole realm, and the other presidents and princes could find no fault in him, so they went after the one thing they knew he would not compromise. They got a decree signed that no man could ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days except the king. Daniel went home, opened his windows toward Jerusalem, and kneeled three times a day as he had always done. They threw him in the den, the king could not sleep, and in the morning Daniel said an angel had shut the lions' mouths.
Why It Matters
Faithfulness is mostly what you do when nobody is applauding and the cost is real. Keep the habits you built in the quiet, and they will hold you in the storm.
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