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Daniel 2
tells a simple story. It isn’t a story
about the greatness of Daniel. It isn’t
even a cool story about the interpretation of dreams, although it might seem to
be that at first. It isn’t a story about
God’s dominion over Babylon. While all
three of those things are in fact true, this story is about one thing. Daniel nails it before he even interprets the
dream. God in heaven is the source of everything.
God gives
wisdom. God is the one who reveals
things that we cannot understand. God is
where light dwells. God is the one who
deserves our praise. This story is about
that. This story is about God being God.
I find it
interesting that Daniel praises God before God does anything about the
dream. Daniel praises God because He is
great, not because God made Daniel happy.
Daniel praises God in the presence of the Babylonians not because God
has demonstrated His power to them but rather as an example of what
relationship with God is like.
Relationship with God isn’t about worshipping Him so that He is gracious
to us. Relationship with God because
with simply recognizing who He is. He is
gracious to the just and the unjust. Our
job is simply to recognize Him and point the way to Him to others.
Daniel lives
out this truth. This is why God works
through Him the way that He does. It’s
like this with all the strong religious figures. David was the same way. Joseph, in the book of Genesis is the
same. These are all people whose
relationship with God is about recognizing His greatness first and foremost and
then pointing the way to the greatness for all to see.
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