SATURDAY, JANUARY 16
Scripture: Daniel 1:9

Daniel’s desire to avoid defiling himself landed him in hot water with the chief of the eunuchs who rightly feared that if Daniel and his friends came before Nebuchadnezzar looking malnourished or mistreated, that overseer would forfeit his life. The chief eunuch replied in Daniel 1:10, “And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your food and drink. For why should he see your faces looking worse than the young men who are your age? Then you would endanger my head before the king.” Daniel’s solution was to request the chief eunuch give him a trial run at abstention for ten days. Anyone who has eaten a vegetarian diet knows it is extremely difficult to get all the nutrients your body needs through vegetables alone. There was no protein supplement available so only God could make up the difference and He did! God instructed and they obeyed!