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“Triumphing In Tests – Part 1”

Key Verse

 “And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king’s meat” (Daniel 1:15).

Text —Daniel 1:13-15

Message

A randomized controlled trial (RCT) is a form of scientific experiment used to compare a proposed new treatment (e.g. drug) against an existing disease. A group of participants (treatment group) are assigned to receive treatment. Another set of participants (control group) will not receive the treatment. At the end of the experiment, the treatment group will be compared with the control group to determine the effect of the treatment (e.g. drug) used for the experiment. That was the kind of test Daniel proposed for Ashpenaz, the master of the eunuchs. Daniel and his friends chose to be in the control group and proved that the king’s food had no better nutritional value.

At the end of the experiment, the result was intriguing. The control group triumphed. Daniel and his friends who subsisted on legumes and water proved to be fatter in flesh than the rest. What was the point of this test? Daniel wished to prove that keeping to God’s word and observing God’s dietary rules will always be advantageous. They abstained from the delicacies of Babylon and they were better off.

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They were better off

Challenge

Abstain from the delicacies of Babylon.

Prayer for today

O Lord, help me to pass my tests.

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Pastor W.F. Kumuyi
About Author - Pastor W.F. Kumuyi

Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.

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