24-0421: God is our great promise-keeper; who by His decree to fulfill His Word comforts us with hope and strengthens us to serve Him until He returns to usher in His eternal Kingdom of peace. Daniel’s prayer is motivated by the study of God’s Word, and while seeking the Lord, God’s answer startled him....
24-0414: God reveals His glory by His sovereignty, and while Christ-followers will suffer, we glorify Jesus’ Name by trusting Him as worthy for all people to worship Him. Daniel’s dream leaves him overwhelmed. He has seen the work of evil, wicked rulers, and the suffering of his people, and it has appalled him. Daniel...
24-0407: God is the Ancient of Days who will sovereignly judge the kingdoms of this world to reward His people to rule His kingdom with Jesus Christ, the Son of Man, when He returns. Daniel 7 makes a decisive shift in the book, both in literary genre and historical timeline. But the shift is...
24-0324: God is sovereign and able to save all who trust in Him and to deliver those who live as a faithful witness for His glory. At the apex of the narrative portion of Daniel we find the account which most marked his life, the lion’s den. This well-known account is a powerful story...
24-0317: God is sovereign and worthy of all honor, glory, and praise because He holds life in His hands and gives eternal life in His Name. Daniel is called in for another Babylonian king, Belshazzar, to interpret a writing on the wall. He tells him that he too, like his predecessors, have hardened their...
24-0310: God is sovereign and worthy of all praise and honor and is able to humble those who walk in pride before Him. Daniel is again summoned by King Nebuchadnezzer to interpret a dream. This time it is a warning from heaven, but he does not heed it. When stricken the king is put...
24-0303: God delivers those who trust in Him and uses their life to testify, so the nations see His glory and worship Him. The demand of King Nebuchadnezzar to worship his golden idol was overwhelming in scope and threat, not unlike the pressure one feels to worship false idols in any age. But the...
24-0218: Jesus is the King of Kings who came to earth as perfect wisdom and power from God, so that all who believe in Him would live in His eternal kingdom. We live in a world where kingdoms for dominance and prominence, but there is a Kingdom that will tear down every other and...
24-0211: God’s grace empowers His people to stand and endure when we live to honor Him by faith. Daniel resolved to not defile himself in Babylon, but this proved to be a challenge. He did not allow all that had happened to distract him from staying focused on serving God. He resolved to honor...
24-0204: God is sovereign and worthy of full surrender to live for the purpose He ordains for His glory. The book of Daniel holds some of the most iconic of all Bible stories, and in only twelve chapters. The fiery furnace and the lion’s den may be most notable, but many more stick in...