DANIEL 1:11
 

So Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, [Daniel 1:11 NKJV]
 

Daniel then spoke with the guard that the chief eunuch had put in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. [Daniel 1:11 FBV]

Daniel did not keep silence after the chief had spoken his fears of the king's wrath into Daniel's request; but Daniel directed his words with wisdom to the guard or security man directly in charge of him and his three brethren. The negative answer or response he got from the chief of the eunuchs did not discourage Daniel into giving up his Fight for his sanctification and undefiled faith in God. Daniel kept speaking or saying the things, though he changed his audience to whom he had spoken to.
 

Why does it sound like Daniel did the wise thing by speaking to a lower authority over him to do what a higher authority over him feared and refused to do for him? What his higher senior boss (chief Eunuch) feared or refused to grant to him because of the law (king's command), was the same thing Daniel met his immediate senior prefect or manager (Melzar) to grant him in secretive and illegal manner. Was this right or wise to do?
 

But was it also wise or right for Daniel to have bypassed his Head of Department (HOD - Melzar) in charge of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, to go talk to the overall chief [Ashpenaz-Prince of the Eunuchs] in requesting his exemption from the king's food and drink for the sake of his purity and faith?
 

Obviously, Daniel was not keen to protocol order nor was he even regarding the king's order, at the detriment of his purity and faith. Like Daniel here, do not allow any law, any authority, any commandment, any king, any boss, any job/employment, any man or woman, to either make you defile yourself or deny your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. As you can see, these four men, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, were men of God who were both excellent and good at all their studies and duties, but their loyalty was first to their Purity (undefilement) and Faith (Worship/Service to God), above even the king's Commandment or call to duty. For instance, three of those men would stand their ground and refuse to bow down to King Nebuchadnezzar's image, and boldly answered the feared king in public that they were neither careful nor afraid of his threats of burning furnace. Daniel himself would know it's illegal to pray to God, and yet the same Daniel would continue his daily three times prayers with his window opened and not regarding the law of the land or the king's degree at the detriment of his faith in God, not fearing the Lion's den.
 

Therefore, Daniel did not even regard the answer given by the Chief or Prince of the Eunuchs; and he rather began speaking to another man to get it done with or without the Chief's support. Daniel did not even care about who had the higher authority between the men he had spoken to, but what he cared was who is willing to help and corporate with him even if that was illegal or criminal thing to do under that employment, school or land of Babylon; provided at the end Daniel and his three brethren would have saved their purity and faith in the Lord God of heaven.

Therefore, as a Christian, you should fear doing "impure things" more than doing "illegal things;" and you should fear doing "faithless things" more than doing "criminal things."
 

*** There are places where doing unrighteous, unholy and impure things are legal. E.g. places where they legalized gay(same sex) cohabitation, legalized prostitution between two or more consenting adults doing it in their privacy, legalized abortion, legalized nudity in fashion, legalized Witchcraft, satanism, associations with any diabolical or occultic group, or legalized worshiping anything, etc.
 

*** And there are places where doing some righteous, holy and pure things in faith of the Lord God, are considered illegal or criminal offense. E.g. places where they outlawed preaching the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God, such as Islamic community state and communist states, where they consider convert Muslims into the true faith of the true God is considered a "Haram" or "Forbidden." And among the antichrists, the atheists and the haters of the faith in God.
 

So a true Christian may have to do illegal things in order to fight for his/her Purity, Undefilement and Faith. I have been in groups where they considered preaching the gospel or Teaching the Word of God, as illegal or against the rules and purpose of the group; and yet I preached or taught the Word of God there even if that was illegal, or else I had to leave those groups. Why should you want my money as contribution, but reject my gospel of faith as my contribution? Why should I be giving alms to beggars but cannot preach the gospel of Jesus Christ to the beggars? For as faith without work is dead, even so works without faith are dead works.
 

As true believer, your faith and purity in Christ Jesus rank higher than legality or illegality, criminality or citizenship, in anywhere on earth. Learn of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.