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Intro
It’s easy to talk about trusting God when I’m in church - surrounded by Christians - when things are going ok.
But what about when I’m not at church, or with my Christian friends, and when everything is going horrible?
A life of trusting God begins when I see him clearly and I see myself clearly as well.
Holiness and humility.
Transition
Last interaction with Nebuchadnezzar.
Book end doxologies
Daniel is no longer a kid
The people have been in Babylon for years now.
They cried out and God said, “You better get a job.”
Text
Easy to praise when things are right!
He has seen the way YHWH has saved through the fire.
You and I do the same thing.
When we see the awesome things God does, we praise.
But as we look at Nebuchadnezzar, the question must be asked; does he really believe it?
Does his life match his song?
Will he continue to sing the same song when things get rough?
Do we? Do we praise even when things don’t go our way.
In was at home, in my palace, contented and prosperous.
He was living large and in charge.
Everything was going right then...
Then his world is rocked by a weird dream.
We’ll see this isn’t a random dream.
God is the one at work.
At the end of the day, God is willing to send some struggle your way if it means making you see him and yourself with a bit more clarity.
Every discussion of the Father starts with love.
Nebuchadnezzar brings all the wise men together to try to figure this weird dream out.
Finally, he brings Daniel in.
But notice a slight slip of the tongue.
Neb says, Daniel is really called Belshazzar (named after my god, Bel).
All the talk about YHWH is just lip-service.
When you squeeze someone, what’s on the inside always comes out.
Neb’s allegiance is to Bel.
Neb has a strange dream
In the dream there was this huge tree that went up to the sky.
You could see it from anywhere.
It was beautiful.
It had a bunch of fruit and animals found shelter under it.
Then an angel shows up and says - cut the tree down but bind up the stump.
Then the angel starts talking like the tree is a person.
Let HIM live with the animals and let his mind be like an animal for seven periods of time.
Then the angel even says why - the Most High is sovereign over everyone, everywhere.
Dan 4:
Daniel says - you’re about to eat a long-term grass salad.
When you read the Bible and you come to these sorts of things do you think it’s just a story for kids?
Woman at University of Chicago IL that ate dirt.
It’s called geophagia
Eating grass is a bit different.
It’s called boanthropy.
Well maybe its possible but that doesn’t mean it happened.
Prayer of Nabonidus?
God’s Word stands on it’s own.
For Neb and for you and me.
God loves even Nebuchadnezzar enough to give him a chance.
But Neb will be required to respond to God’s word.
Make no mistake about it, God’s word isn’t something to simply hear or even know.
It is something to be obeyed.
when you hear a sermon and...
Nebuchadnezzar was given a year!
Consider the weight of Neb.’s
sin!
The Lord is patient.
the further you get away from God’s word...
Look at what I’ve done!
I’ve seen it look something like this.
When we need or want a particular job we pray like - God you are sovereign and awesome.
You rule the whole universe.
Would you please give me this job.
A month later we say, hey you got this job because I outworked everybody.
Nobody helped me, I pulled myself up by my bootstraps.
How is that trusting God?
That is belittling God and magnifying me!
It’s easy to give God credit until it gets in the way of my glory.
As long as I think that way, I’ll never trust him.
That’s why Scripture says in that we should give God credit in the small things.
We say - if the Lord wills, we will...
Paul said, “The Lord opened the door...”
A life of trusting God begins when I see him clearly and I see myself clearly as well.
Holiness and humility.
I don’t mean that to belittle us.
We see our great value when we see him.
Can you give me an example of someone who did this?
Jesus - Philippians 2
Nebuchadnezzar learned this the hard way.
I don’t mean it
What do you do with a text like this?
This was a text that troubled me this week.
I kept looking at it and it seemed good but something was off.
Do we study it to discuss psychological disorders?
I told Jarod on Thursday morning...
Simple Bible study methods - watch how this text comes together!
Starts and ends with doxology.
Who what?
Who is the author?
Daniel
How what?
What is the genre?
historical narrative.
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