He prays as a teenager when faced with an impossible task given by King Nebuchadnezzar he prays as an octogenarian hated by his jealous underlings in Daniel 6 and no doubt he prayed throughout the decades in between. A consistent piece of his life is prayer. Nebuchadnezzar captured Daniel and his buddies Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah when they were very young men (probably mid-teens), and we see glimpses of Daniel working in the palace until he’s well over eighty years old. The book of Daniel covers roughly the seventy years that Judah (the southern kingdom of Israel) was exiled in Babylon. As an exile living away from his family, synagogue, and teachers, Daniel teaches us that in every stage of life we must be people of prayer. Prayer doesn’t become a habit just because a person’s hair has turned gray. While we can learn much from these events (they’re recorded in Scripture for a reason, after all), looking at the life of Daniel can teach us many other things as well, particularly about prayer. He refused to eat the king’s meat he interpreted the mysterious handwriting on the wall and he survived a night in a den of hungry lions. We know him from his brave moments standing up for Yahweh in a foreign land. You’ve probably heard the children’s song, “Dare to Be a Daniel.” What about your prayer life? Do you dare to pray like Daniel? Editor’s note: We’re rounding out a month-long focus on prayer here at Revive Our Hearts with this article, originally posted in November 2021.
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