Quote for the Day
“…there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries.”
Today's Prayer
This week pray for those that are traveling that they will give God alone the praise and glory for the answers they are giving out to others. Ask God to make His light be seen by your statements and actions each day.
Daniel 2:24-30
Daniel 2:24-30 (NIV)24 Then Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to execute the wise men of , and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of . Take me to the king, and I will interpret his dream for him.”25 Arioch took Daniel to the king at once and said, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can tell the king what his dream means.”26 The king asked Daniel (also called Belteshazzar), “Are you able to tell me what I saw in my dream and interpret it?”27 Daniel replied, “No wise man, enchanter, magician or diviner can explain to the king the mystery he has asked about, 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in days to come. Your dream and the visions that passed through your mind as you lay on your bed are these:29 “As you were lying there, O king, your mind turned to things to come, and the revealer of mysteries showed you what is going to happen. 30 As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have greater wisdom than other living men, but so that you, O king, may know the interpretation and that you may understand what went through your mind.
Message
This week and next we will explore the same six verses to see the “who, what, and why” of the dream. We will also look at Daniel’s involvement. This will set the stage for looking at the dream itself and the king’s reaction to Daniel, to God, and to the dream as we continue in the book.One of the great things we see here is Daniel’s immediate focus on God. In fact, prior to giving the answer, Daniel’s focus is on giving God, and God alone, the glory. What a risk Daniel took after the king directly asked him, “Can you interpret the dream?” Daniel knew that the king had just threatened to kill everyone who could not do it, and yet his first words were not “Yes,” but “NO, no one can.”That is exactly what the king had heard previously, and he was not in the mood to hear it again. Daniel, with the confidence of God’s wisdom and power, was very capable of making the statement, because he knew he had the right answer, AND because he knew it was VERY important to give the credit clearly to God, since he knew God was the one giving the answer not Daniel.What about us? Are we focused on making sure we are getting our answers from God? Or is that secondary to the issue at hand? Let God be the “who, what, and why” in all the answers you have to give this week.