23 APR 23 Sunday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“King Nebuchadnezzar sent this message to the people of every race and nation and language throughout the world: Peace and prosperity to you! I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me. How great are his signs, how powerful his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, his rule through all generations.” Daniel 4:1-3
The Book of Daniel is a great and exciting book with an overarching theme of God’s Sovereignty. It gives a glimpse into the human heart and how we think. It specifically gives us insight into the mind of a king and how pride and power blind him. God reveals himself to the king in dreams and unbelievable actions.
The king’s memory is short and quickly goes back to self-worship, pressuring the kingdom to worship him too. After God delivers three of His children from the fiery furnace, the king is in awe of God and rightly proclaims the glory due to God’s name. What he says is true about God and that is good, but it is only lip service. The king’s heart wanes toward God’s mercy and grace and God shocks him with another dream of judgment on this kingdom.
While he is full of pride, he is reminded that God is the one who establishes kingdoms and can remove them as he desires. We can be fooled by our own minds that our success is by our own hands, but the true source is God. Whether you are smart or not, rich or poor, your position in life is determined by God. (1 Sam. 2:7) Learning to submit to God no matter the circumstance and honor God not just by our lips in the proclamation, but by obedience showing our possession of Him.
You may proclaim who God is, but do you possess Him?
Reading Plan: Psalm 148, 149, 150; Dan. 4:1-18; 1 Pet. 4:7-11; John 21:15-25
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