#ThePalaceChallenge  It shows that God is the God of the best and the finest

things in life.
Daniel 6:1-9
 That is why don’t get discouraged when there are
March 24, 2019
ungranted desires, unanswered prayers in life because
God may be preparing the best and finest blessing for
 Tell the story of the Brahmin’s gift.
his children.
 No matter how faithful and a good person you are,
 Romans 8:22 – God gave the best for man, His own
there will always be haters, challenges, oppositions in
begotten Son (Ephesians 3:20).
life.
 David, Jesus’ examples (Matthew 21:15), the woman
2. FAVORED MAN – vs.3
with an alabaster box (Matthew 26:7-8).
 Look at the favor (“the king thought to set him over
 Daniel was in the palace but he wasn’t exempted of
the whole realm”)
life’s challenges.
 Realm and kingdom are two different thing in the
 It does not mean that if you’re in a palace, you are free
context.
of problems.
 Realm – territories under a monarch, yet are not a
 “You can please some of the people some of the time,
physical part of his/her kingdom.
your please all of the people some of the time, but you
 Realm – the whole are of the world under the rule of
can’t please all of people all the time” – Abraham
Persian Empire.
Lincoln
 What a great trust from the king to Daniel.
 Even Christ wasn’t exempted of the cruelty of life
 And the other high ranking officials could ask, why
(Hebrews 12:2-3).
Him? Why Daniel? What’s with him? He is just a
captive? He is not from us?
What did Daniel benefit from the palace’ challenges?
 Look at the secret of the favor of Daniel in verse 3.
Through the challenges, they reveal the..
1. FINEST THINGS – vss.1-2  “Excellent spirit” – we Christians as we live must
possess this kind of spirit (2 Peter 1:6-9).
 During Belshazzar’s government, Daniel was granted
the third ruler (Daniel 5:29).  Virtue – good behavior.
 But did he enjoy that opportunity? No, because the  Let me tell your today that God is the God of favor.
Babylonian kingdom was conquered that night by the  Daniel was never perfect but Daniel lived a life with an
Persian armies. Look at verses 30-31. excellent spirit and God gave him great favor.
 But look at how God is powerful and amazing in verse  Proverbs 3:1-4, Proverbs 11:27, Proverbs 12:2,
2. Daniel was the first of all the administrators. Proverbs 14:35
  We obtain salvation because of God’s favor (Ephesians
2:8-9).
 Just like this leper (Mark 1:40-42).

3. FAITHFUL OFFICIAL – vss.4-5

 These officials were obviously corrupt and so since
Daniel was chosen by the king to be in charge of the
government, they were afraid and would by all means
stop Daniel from getting to that position because they
know that they could not steal anymore, no more
corruption if Daniel becomes their head. And they
hated Daniel for this.
 So they look for the records of Daniel but they find no
corruption, no ill-gotten wealth – Daniel was a faithful
and honest government official.
 Whatever is your profession – be honest (1 Peter 2:12).