The center of this chapter is man’s prayer for the carrying out of God’s economy. Through His faithful channels of prayer God carries out His economy with His elect for Christ’s coming. God desires to carry out His economy, but man is needed to pray for His economy on earth. Satan’s strategy is to frustrate the prayer that is for God’s move. The intention of the chief ministers and satraps was to destroy Daniel, but the intention of Satan, who was behind them, was to cut off the channel of prayer that God was using for the carrying out of His economy.

Daniel had read Jeremiah’s prophecy that the children of Israel would serve the king of Babylon for seventy years (Dan. 9:2b; Jer. 25:11). Standing on this word, he must have prayed many times for the fulfillment of this prophecy and for the return of the captives. He would not let anything stop or frustrate his prayer. He knew that his prayer was for the carrying out of God’s economy concerning His elect. Therefore, his prayer was a serious matter.

See note 1 Kings 8:48¹.

Verses 25-28 reveal God’s victory over Satan in the worship of God on earth, even in a Gentile kingdom, through the overcomers in the captivity of His defeated elect. Daniel’s victory over the subtlety that prohibited the faithfulness of the overcomers in the worship of God was the last step of the victory over Satan’s devices. Without these overcomers God would have been fully defeated by Satan, having nothing on earth for Himself. God had four young overcomers living in the palace day by day who were absolutely one with Him. This was a shame to Satan and a boast to God.