Monday, 25 July 2016

The Daniels - Stephen Fagbenro










From what we have read and heard, it is hard to rightly dissect the way of life of the Daniels, those who in their lifetimes changed the course of man’s history; those who were caught up from the cities of their inheritance into Babylon, a place where ungodliness and immorality is the bane of their (the Babylonians) uncertain end. 

The Daniels might have been seen as a people driven by consequences of their parents sins and of their forefathers’ errors, as well as their own iniquities. They could as well be justifiably described as ones who have missed their ways in the maze of existence, and who have been deceived into believing that they have a Heavenly Father who intentionally sold them into slavery but would not be able to deliver them eventually. 

However, the Daniels are not just captives of war, they are actually the freemen. The Daniels are not just some frail figures of men locked up in strange land of confusion, they are ones who have found reasons to live in such empire.

The Daniels are not minds of men configured, indoctrinated and held in slavery to the point of giving up, they are the exceptional ones who have broken the jinx of slavery and its mentality, rose above the restricted and convoluted four corners of their minds.

The Daniels are not a people threatened by death or fear of terror by some wicked autocratic king, they are few among many who are committed to the service of their God, thereby, able to stand undaunted, not before mere men, but before kings and princes, even despots. 

The Daniels are not many, they are the few. They are found at the backseat of palaces, and in the gate of the king. They are the strongholds behind the authority of the land they’ve been brought to as slaves. They are the righteous unseen forces that steer the course of event that man the land of their captors.

They are the voice that holds on or pulls down the edicts of a tyrant. They are the visionaries of the country. They are the eyes that read boldly, the strange handwriting on the walls. They are the authority that carry the message of judgment to a despot without holding anything back. They are the bold, the fearless, and the fierce. Even lions tremble at their presence and pay homage. 


The Daniels are ferocious against every thoughts of wickedness. They subdue nations and kingdoms on their knees. They understand time and seasons. They know when time of redemption comes. They stand in the gap for the sake of men, and make hedge on behalf of their land.

They see from afar, even though with clouded eyes; they see the end of things on their knees. They are not permitted to leave before their time, because they hold the fort, and have tremendous impact in the history of their land. They do not renege in the face of terror. They stay to their course.

The Daniels are the just who lived by faith, who believed in the power of the WORD and the endless life. They did not see the light with their face. They only saw a shadow of it. But the little they saw, they held strongly in their grasp.

The Daniels are everywhere, in the palace, on the street, in lion’s den, and at the king’s gate. They speak of nations, of their rise and fall. They time span beyond the days of many kings. They see into the future, both the nearest and the farther ones. They are the oracles of God, which give clarity to the hazy time of the end. 

But I see a time, when a host of recreated Daniels will rise to their call and duty. They will flood the face of the earth and overwhelm the confusion thereof. They will open the eyes of the blind and raise the dead. They will proclaim a word about their nation and its leaders, and it will be done.

They will speak softly in their closet, and their voice will be heard abroad. They will declare a thing from the rising of the sun, and its effects will be quick, reaching as far as the setting of the same. The mountains of man and beast will tremble and quake at their presence.

Their visions will be sharp and photographic. They will walk around in their four-dimensional faces. The time is now, and every man and woman is eligible to be part of this incredible host. Wouldn’t you rather be?





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