Daniel 6

So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him. v.4

Read chapter 6
Another well known chapter of Daniel in the lion's den.  You may have realized he wasn't in the fiery furnace with his three buddies in chapter 3, but the enemy didn't forget him and was still pursuing to destroy Daniel and his faith.  Daniel by this point in chapter six is now in his 80s, can you imagine throwing an 80 year old man into a den of lions?  He's been a captive in Babylon for 66 years by the time the Persian empire takes over.  Yet he seems just as strong in his faith as ever.  In his lifetime he had seen and experienced some crazy and amazing things and it didn't stop even in his old age.  Just think, if Daniel and his friends would have eaten the choice foods instead of just vegetables in chapter one when they were only teenagers, how that small compromise would have led to bigger compromises and for them to blend into society than experience the faith of God.  Well in this chapter Daniel's "co-workers" don't seem to like him and seek to destroy him by tricking the king to make a decree that would ultimately find Daniel guilty.  They had to make something up because he had no fault or negligence in him.  It was his faith in God that brought this hate and how true this still is today that if you don't compromise your faith in God you're hated by the world.  Well God showed up and not only saved Daniel from the mouth of the lion but also a decree was made by the king that all people in all the earth should fear the God of Daniel, quite a reversal from the decree at the beginning of the chapter that Daniel's coworkers made up.
What are small things in your life either now or when you were younger that you compromised and have seen the ripple effects?  How can you change that?   How hard is it when your co-workers are not for you but against you and how can you create relationships without compromising your faith?  Are you willing to give up relationships if you can't do both?