Trusting God's Plan in the Fire: Lessons From the Book of DanielSampl

“During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven…”

Daniel 2:19

Who doesn’t like starting off with answered prayer? Can I get a big amen!?! Let’s just start shouting and praising God right now! He IS worthy of all of our praise! His name is above all names and every knee will bow before Him. EVERY KNEE!!!!

After a night of praying, pleading and begging God for mercy, our Heavenly Father answered their prayers by showing Daniel what King Nebuchadnezzar’s prophetic dream meant. This was huge! So much so that Daniel and his friends began praising God. Let’s breakdown what he said in his prayer of praise to God:

• Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever
• Wisdom and power are His
• He changes times and seasons
• He sets up kings and deposes them
• He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning
• He reveals deep and hidden things
• He knows what lies in darkness
• Light dwells within Him

I hope this encourages you in your situation to be reminded of how powerful, wise and all-knowing is our God! He allows people to be in power and He can so choose to remove them as well. No president, no prime minister, no judge, no general, no board member and no boss is more powerful than our omnipotent God!

Our Abba Daddy also knows what lies in darkness ahead of you on your path. He knows what hidden traps are out there because light dwells within Him. He can shine that light to show you the best way forward. If you seek Him and desire to know His will for you, He’ll give you wisdom and discernment because He knows what the future holds for you. What good father wouldn’t want to walk his kids around landmines waiting for them?

Daniel ends his praise session by thanking God and praising Him because He answered his prayer by revealing the meaning of the dream. When the time of testing came, Daniel put his faith in God and not himself to solve the problem. Are you doing that today?

Questions:

1. What can you thank God for today?

2. Did reading Daniel’s praise open your eyes to how God can help with your situation?

3. Do you believe God is more powerful than who or what is causing you problems?