Daniel refused the king's food. Everyone remembers that. Almost nobody remembers that he asked permission first, and that the answer was no. What he did next is the most useful thing in Daniel 1.
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The Three Years No One Sees
Daniel 1:17 says God gave them knowledge, understanding, and the reading of dreams. Where did that come from? Three years earlier, four boys had quietly started refusing the king's food. The Daniel who survived the lions was built long before anyone was watching.
