Daniel 6:10
“When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.”
What does Daniel 6:10 mean?
Daniel had just learned that the king had signed a law forbidding anyone from praying to any god except the king himself, and the punishment was the lion's den. Yet Daniel simply went home and did what he'd always done: he opened his windows toward Jerusalem and knelt to pray three times a day. This wasn't reckless—it was faithful. His prayer life was so central to who he was that he couldn't abandon it just because it had become dangerous, and he didn't try to hide it or find a loophole. What moves many readers is that Daniel didn't pray *more* intensely or dramatically now that it was illegal, but exactly as before, with thanksgiving alongside his requests. He stayed true to his deepest commitments even when everything was at stake, finding his steadiness not in the world's approval but in his relationship with God.