Daniel 6:3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.
At its heart, this chapter, like so many others, is about pride and its dangers. Ultimately, it’s the administrators and the satraps who were jealous of Daniel’s impeccable character, jealous of the king’s desire to set Daniel in a position of authority over the whole kingdom. This jealousy and bitterness, this pride led to the events in Daniel 6, events that led to the deaths of not only the administrators and the satraps who plotted but also of their wives and children.
Daniel 6:4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent.
I truly believe this is one of the reasons God keeps after me about laying down my pride and adopting an attitude of humility, about letting go of my anger and bitterness about what I think “should be.” He knows that that way lies destruction for me, and He loves me too much to want that end for me.
Daniel 6:5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”
Lord, Thank You for Your relentless pursuit of my heart. Thank You that You love me too much to let my pride get the better of me. “Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me” (Psalm 51:10). Amen.
Daniel 6:15 Then the men went as a group to King Darius and said to him, “Remember, Your Majesty, that according to the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or edict that the king issues can be changed.”
Have a blessed day.