Living on "vegetables and water"

In Daniel 1, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attempts to train a group of wise men from among the exiled Hebrews. He assigns them a daily ration of food and wine from the royal kitchen. Daniel, one of the men chosen for this training, refuses the food and wine rations. Daniel instead asks for a ration of vegetables and water, which creates a minor controversy in the palace.

It would have been easier for Daniel simply to accept the royal rations, but evidently he wanted to avoid the sinful behaviors of the society in which he lived. Of course, we all face similar situations. Do we take the easy, possibly sinful, route and go along with the crowd? Or do we eschew those actions to stay obedient to God?

Daniel trusted in God, and as a result (Daniel 1:15, NLT),

At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king.

Let us try to emulate Daniel's example.