Word for the Week

Are you prepared to take a stand?

Week beginning: 7th July, 2019 | By Laurence Wilkinson | London

Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, "Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see". So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.

At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

Daniel 1:11-16 (NIV)

What would your response be if you were asked to do something that you knew went against your beliefs? Would you risk speaking up to challenge the status quo?

In this passage, Daniel faced one of these tough situations where the stakes were very hig