Daniel 10:12-14 HCSB
“Don’t be afraid, Daniel,” he said to me, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your prayers were heard. I have come because of your prayers. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia opposed me for 21 days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me after I had been left there with the kings of Persia. Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the last days, for the vision refers to those days.”
From the beginning Daniel purposed to be humble before God and to know Him or to understand Him. Humility comes fro, serving others and knowing God comes from giving time and attention to His words.