yield. How did he manage to resist such enormous pressure? The answer is given in these words: ‘Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself …’ (v. 8). He saw that the real battlefield was in his heart, not in Babylon, and he won the battle there before he won it in Babylon. Does this mean that Daniel was simply one of those rare men who are able, through iron will and steadfast determination, to carry out what they resolve to do? There can be no doubt that determination to carry