The passage I read was Daniel 2:1-24
You can find the passage here:
My summary of the passage is this:
A king has a dream that troubles him and he calls for
astrologers, magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, fortune tellers and the like to
come and interpret the dream. But the
king isn’t a total and complete fool. He
knows how the system works. All the
people that came to interpret his dream are most likely just there for a reward
and they will listen to the dream and then give a wordy interpretation that
will either confuse the king or sound good enough to believe/buy. So the king keeps telling them he’s gunna
kill em if they can’t interpret the dream and they keep saying, “well tell us”,
right? So the king calls them out and
says they have to tell him the dream before he will let them
interpret it. Well of course none of
them know the dream and they say what he asks is impossible. He gets mad and puts out the order to kill
all the supposed wise men of the town right.
But when word of the guy in charge of killing gets to Daniel, he’s all
like, “wait a minute. What’s goin on?”
right? So the guy tells him why he has
to kill all the wise men. Danny boy says
hold up and he goes to talk to the king.
He ask for time as too ponder on this untold dream. He goes back home and tells his wise friends
to pray and that same night the Lord revealed the dream and it’s meaning to
Daniel. So Daniel praised God for giving
him the dream and revealing the mystery about it and the next day he went and
said to call off the execution because he could interpret the dream.
As I reflect:
Here we see again the foolishness of those who think they
can have wisdom without God… They err even unto the point of death too often to
gain worldly wealth. And the opposing
view: the man of God who seeks first the Lord, knowing that all things follow
this. He wisely shares the information
of a struggle with his friends (an accountability circle of fellowship if you
will). They are also devoted to the same
God and thus they without hesitation do what he has asked of them and they
spend time on their knees to help a friend.
Only during his time with God, was Daniel given the answer he
sought. So it is with us also. Too often we go to the wrong sources to seek
the answers to our problems. God should
be the first person we turn to, not the last.
Upon coming to the Lord in faith and humbly asking Him for the answers
(be it that you ask of proper motivation that is) you can receive the
understanding and wisdom that He has for you.
Go to the source and trust in God to move mountains in your life.
My response to the Lord:
Holy Father who is great and greatly to be praised, May I
never seek wisdom and understanding without coming to you. You are worthy of praise and worship for you
alone know the answers to all of life’s mysteries. You alone know what tomorrow brings. You are all knowing and all powerful, here in
the beginning and the end. I will never
find a higher power than you. May I
remember all of my days to seek first your kingdom and to come to you first in
all matters. Thank you Father for saving
me. Thank you for your mercy that is new every day. May I never be deceived by those that claim
to be wise and yet know not my Savior, the giver of life. To you all glory. In Jesus Name.
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