Daniel and the Lion's Den, a Choice Between Reputation and Character

Once in a while you may have to choose between reputation and character.  Just remember, reputation represents what others think of you, character represents what God thinks of you.  In Daniel 6, the bible tells the story of Daniel, who chose to admit his true faith in God.  As punishment for his faith, he is placed into a den of lions.  Suprisingly, Daniel is not devoured by the hungry lions as all other men were.

Here, we offer a possible interpretation, the beauty of a parable.

In life, from time to time you may have to make a choice.  One road will salvage your reputation, the other will salvage your character.  The greater calling on your life asks for you to salvage your character.

If you do so, you may feel that you are being punished as your reputation slowly becomes tarnished.  In fact, many men never recover from the lashing of the gossip that ensues.  In fact, the gossip, like the lions' mouths can tear a man to shreds.

However, when you place your solid roots into the word of God, you will find that such gossip has little effect on you.  In fact, your strength, which stems from God will serve as an example to those around you and through time your reputation will be restored.

What do you think?  Did you have another interpretation?

This post was reposted from http://finlit.biz/business/daniel-and-the-lions-den-a-choice-between-reputation-and-character/, originally written on March 25th, 2013.