Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 / Luke 23:1-4
If we say that we love God whom we have not seen, then consequently, we must love our neighbour whom we can see.
To say that we love God and yet we do not love our neighbour, then we are not living out what we say and believe (cf 1 John 4:20)
By the same token, if we say that we trust God, then we too must trust others.
We believe that God will send people or persons to affirm our trust in Him.
In the 1st reading, the four young men didn’t want to defile themselves with the food from the king’s table.
But they trust that God will provide a way for them, and so they negotiated with the chief eunuch and the guard.
Against the odds, the chief eunuch and the guard relented and let them have the food that they requested.
In the gospel, the poverty-stricken widow put in all she had to live on.
She thought that no one would have noticed, and she may not want anyone to notice, since it was such a little amount.
But Jesus noticed, and He also implied that because that widow trusted in God, God will also provide for her.
So when we say that we trust in God and that He will provide for us, God will also affirm us.
He will send people to show us what He can do for us and provide for us.