KNEELING BEFORE GOD

KNEELING BEFORE GOD
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 by AMARELY QUINTANILLA

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AMARELY QUINTANILLA

TUESDAY’S TREASURE

KNEELING BEFORE GOD

Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God” Daniel 6:10 (NIV)

Whom are you kneeling before daily? Money, youth, man, or God? If it’s not God, I can guarantee you’re bowing before some idol. In this life, we are bound to kneel before someone. Let that someone be God.

The prophet Daniel lived in Babylon around 600 BC. He was an Israeli exile of nobility, “Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility — 4 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king’s palace” Daniel 1: 3–4 (NIV).

Daniel was the cream of the Israeli crop, and the Babylonian king used him to serve in his palace as an advisor and administrator. Daniel’s background and intelligence are not the only things that made him exceptional. He was loyal to God, and he refused to kneel before the idols of his day. Because he refused, he was thrown into the lions den. God shut the lions' mouths.

Daniel’s friends also refused to bow down to idols. They were thrown into a fiery furnace. But they received a dramatic angelic rescue and escaped unscathed (Daniel 3).

Daniel’s list of successes followed him into old age.

The secret to his success was not bowing to anyone but God. This is evident as he prayed and physically knelt before God three times a day (Daniel 6:10).

Taking a Sabbath day’s rest allows us to set aside any idols in our lives and bow to God. It’s during this time of rest that we acknowledge God as the ultimate authority in our lives, and everything else is secondary.

Bowing to idols promises a facade of a better life that never delivers. Only God can fully satiate our human longings; everything else will lead down a path of emptiness and destruction.

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ABOUT AMARELY QUINTANILLA

Amarely writes both non-fiction and fiction books. She holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology and a graduate degree in Journalism. She spent several years working in broadcast journalism and finance. Her Christian beliefs shape her writing as she explores topics such as psychology and personal finance. She lives in Colorado, and her newest book, Keeping it Real: Daily Devotions for Those Tired of Pretending, can be found on Amazon: https://a.co/d/4kYAU24
Website: www.amarelyq.com

MY REVIEW OF KEEPING IT REAL *****

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