Sunday October 18th, 2020
Memorize: Daniel 2:19 Good News Translation (GNT)
« Then that same night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he praised the God of heaven »
Read: Daniel 2:1-19 New Living Translations (NLT)
1 One night during the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had such disturbing dreams that he couldn’t sleep.
2 He called in his magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers, and he demanded that they tell him what he had dreamed. As they stood before the king,
3 he said, “I have had a dream that deeply troubles me, and I must know what it means.”
4 Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “Long live the king! Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”
5 But the king said to the astrologers, “I am serious about this. If you don’t tell me what my dream was and what it means, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be turned into heaps of rubble!
6 But if you tell me what I dreamed and what the dream means, I will give you many wonderful gifts and honors. Just tell me the dream and what it means!”
7 They said again, “Please, Your Majesty. Tell us the dream, and we will tell you what it means.”
8 The king replied, “I know what you are doing! You’re stalling for time because you know I am serious when I say,
9 ‘If you don’t tell me the dream, you are doomed.’ So you have conspired to tell me lies, hoping I will change my mind. But tell me the dream, and then I’ll know that you can tell me what it means.”
10 The astrologers replied to the king, “No one on earth can tell the king his dream! And no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer!
11 The king’s demand is impossible. No one except the gods can tell you your dream, and they do not live here among people.”
12 The king was furious when he heard this, and he ordered that all the wise men of Babylon be executed.
13 And because of the king’s decree, men were sent to find and kill Daniel and his friends.
14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, came to kill them, Daniel handled the situation with wisdom and discretion.
15 He asked Arioch, “Why has the king issued such a harsh decree?” So Arioch told him all that had happened.
16 Daniel went at once to see the king and requested more time to tell the king what the dream meant.
17 Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what had happened.
18 He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon.
19 That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven.
Message
In today’s Bible reading, King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream he couldn’t remember let alone interpret. So, he sought help from the wise men in his kingdom and set a death penalty for any who failed among them (Daniel 2:1-19 ).
When Daniel heard about the decree of the king, he wondered why he was so hasty to destroy the ‘think-tank’ of the land. Jesus said in John 10:10 CEV The thief comes only to rob, kill, and destroy….
All the hasty plans of the devil concerning you and yours shall be destroyed today by divine intervention in the mighty name of Jesus.
Daniel and his companions were faced with an insurmountable challenge humanly speaking but Daniel got a vision that resolved the predicament (Daniel 2:19).
All we need to avert a looming disaster is a revelation from God.
Prevention is so much better than cure.
How do we become visionary children of God?
« He urged them to ask the God of heaven to show them his mercy by telling them the secret, so they would not be executed along with the other wise men of Babylon. »
Daniel 2:18 NLT
If we must get the vision like Daniel and his friends, we must pay the price of waiting upon the Lord according to His promise.
« Tell the people, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will put an end to this proverb, and you will soon stop quoting it.’ Now give them this new proverb to replace the old one: ‘The time has come for every prophecy to be fulfilled!’ »
Ezekiel 12:23 NLT
Beloved, surrender all to God and He will surely make His words come to pass in your life.
Faithfully and patiently wait on Him and you will become a man or woman of vision.
With Godly vision, your destiny is secure and shall be fulfilled in the mighty name of Jesus.
Prayer point: Prayerfully read Isaiah 40:31
Author: Pst E. A. Adeboye.
Text edited by Naomie
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