Take my life and let it be Consecrated, Lord, to Thee. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalm 21-26 and Jonah 1 AUTHOR: PASTOR E. KEY POINT: If you want to be distinguished for promotion like Daniel, then dare to be different. Are others eating the king’s meat around you and it seems as if they are better off? Don’t fret yourself it is only a matter of time before everyone sees that those who refuse to defile themselves are ten times better than others.

It is therefore no wonder that many people are dull on their job and school if only they could reject the king’s meat, they would be found to be ten times better than their colleagues. If you are having an affair with your boss or lecturer, you are defiling yourself with the king’s meat. If as a public servant you collect bribes to perform a duty you are paid to do, you are also eating the king’s meat. For instance, if the staff in your office doctor figures and money from this evil practice is shard round the office, by collecting it, you are eating the king’s meat. The king’s meat is anything that will hinder you from having continuous fellowship with God. In Daniel 1:20, the king himself testified that Daniel and his friends were ten times better that his magicians. If he had partaken of the king’s meat, his spiritual vision would have been blurred. That same night, God revealed the dream to Daniel in a vision (Daniel 2:19). At that point, Daniel came onto the scene and consulted his companions, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (who along with him didn’t partake of the king’s meat), to pray to God for a solution to the problem at hand. the king then ordered the killing of all the wise men of Babylon for this failure. What was the result of Daniel not defiling himself with that meat? One day, King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream he could not remember, so he called all his magicians, astrologers and the Chaldeans, who usually partook of his meat, demanding them to remind him of his dream and also interpret it, but they couldn’t. He also knew that eating such meat would defile a child of the Almighty God. He knew his God and was sure that the God he served was not the same as the god of the king. Why? The reasons are simple: Daniel knew that the food the king ate was usually first dedicated to the gods of the land, and those who ate from it included the magicians, astrologers and Chaldeans. While undergoing his training, he was given a daily portion of the king’s meat, but Daniel refused to partake of it stating clearly that he would not “defile” himself with the king’s meat. As was the custom in Babylon, Daniel had to be trained for three years before he could be assigned his duties. MESSAGE: Daniel was a very intelligent and knowledgeable young man who was taken into captivity in Babylon for the purpose of serving in the king’s palace.

15 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. 14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. 13 Then 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. 11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 6 Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar and to Hananiah, of Shadrach and to Mishael, of Meshach and to Azariah, of Abednego. MEMORISE: But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: Daniel 1:8a READ: Daniel 1:5-15 5 And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2019 THEME: THE KING’S MEAT.

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