A Bad Law

And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king's decree: “Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.” Daniel 6:12

Idolatrous at its very heart, the law was made worse by its immutability. And what were they thinking anyway? A 30-day holiday to put the king above God, really? Say it isn't so! Yet, we know the story best from its consequence. The plot behind the bad law was to catch up Daniel, the king's adviser and prophet of the Most High God. As it would hardly do to get the top adviser's advice on a law intended to cause his death, Daniel wasn't there to point out to the king the obvious pitfalls in the new law that could never be changed.

Well, as we like to say, where man rules, God overrules.

Daniel was indeed caught up in the net of this law and fed to the lions.

There it is, end of story.

Except that the lions of the king were subject to a higher law and God's messenger prevented them from feasting on the Lord's prophet. All night long and no law of the Medes and Persians could make the lions disobey God's messenger. However scheming plotters were good eating and pre-approved for the lion's menu. The scriptures tell that before the bodies could reach the pavement every bone was broken. It is a great story of victory in the Lord's service. That's why we like it so much.

What great stories await us in the Lord's service?

Bucky