Thursday, April 3, 2008
Daniel 1:11-14
Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. (ESV)
by Linda Harris
Have you heard the saying, “You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar”? Rather than making demands, Daniel proposed a solution. Ten days would reveal the outcome. If the vegetarian regimen didn’t work, the Hebrews would eat from the royal menu. If it succeeded, they could continue. The plan pleased the official. Have your words been sour lately? How can you make them sweeter?
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Daily Bible Meditations are taken from The Helping Hand,a Sabbath School student quarterly for youth and adults. Copyright © 2008, Seventh Day Baptist Board of Christian Education, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked "ESV" are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service .
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