Jill Carattini at RZIM Ministries writes an interesting intersection of the Old Testament prophet Daniel, and Rev. M.L. King, Jr.
"There is so much in this story of Daniel that made it a fitting and powerful text for preachers during the Civil Rights Movement, but for Martin Luther King Jr. the story's silence was particularly potent. As we await the outcome in the lion's den, the injustice of the situation palpable, the voices we most want to hear from remain discouragingly silent. We hear nothing from the lips of Daniel. And we hear nothing from the mouth of his God.
In the face of injustice, silence can be oppressive, filled at once with despairing questions. Where is God? What of the silent victims? Who will speak over the deafening sounds of injustice, over the word games and manipulative arguments, when hands are tied, options are exhausted, and fates seem irreversible? "At times we begin to despair because of the relatively slow progress being made in ending racial discrimination, and become disappointed because of the silence of people whose support is so urgently needed... Christianity has never overlooked these experiences of disappointment," writes King. "[Yet] Christianity goes on to affirm that God is able to give us the power to meet them […] and in our sometimes difficult and lonesome walk up freedom's road, we do not walk alone, but God walks with us."
