“Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter, urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.” (vv. 17-18)

I don’t know what you’re facing…

…but I do know how you ought to face it.

Our obvious priority is worship, devotion, and faith under the One True God. We trust Him. We praise Him. And we pray to Him.

What’s next?

Get prayerful people around you.

Daniel faced a crisis in Babylon. Lives—including his—were on the line. And the only way forward was a supernatural gift, the grace of wisdom, which could only come from God.

We can be assured that Daniel prayed, and we should imitate that. But he also gathered his closest friends and trusted them to pray, too. The prayer God eventually answers wasn’t the prayer of one man, but the prayer of a community of believers.

Who’s in your prayer squad, friend? Keep asking and seeking and knocking when the crisis comes, yes, but stop doing it solo. Find some friends, be faithful to pray together and for each other, and watch how God answers.

— Tyler