When Daniel knew

    that the document had been signed,

he went to his house

where he had windows

     in his upper chamber

     open toward Jerusalem.

He got down on his knees

             three times a day

and prayed

and gave thanks before His God,

    as he had done previously.

              Daniel 6. 10

(The foundation was already laid.

This was not the first time

            Daniel trusted God for his life.

He lived in such a way

         that God was seen in all he did,

         in who he was,

         in how he prayed.

His first response

     was what he did every day.

"If we do not do the running

 on the ordinary days,

 we shall do nothing in the crisis."

            --Oswald Chambers)

O LORD,

May we seek You

  to pray and trust and worship

  on the most ordinary days.

That we may know fully

    Your Presence,

           even in the hard stuff.

You are near, O LORD.

You are our strength.

May Your Word

   engrave faithfulness in us.

May trusting You

            be our default.