Daniel 4 - Praying God's Word

 

Please read Daniel 4.

www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/dan/4/1/s_854001

Meditate on verses 30-31.

 

The king reflected and said, “Is this not

Babylon the great, which I myself have

 built as a royal residence by the might

of my power and for the glory of my majesty?”

While the word was in the king's mouth, a

voice came from heaven, saying,

 “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared:

sovereignty has been removed from you.”

 

Have you ever been full of yourself, content and prosperous, believing Satan’s lies that you are an accomplished, self-made individual?  King Nebuchadnezzar was in that disastrously deluded place, when God spoke into his pride, sentencing him to seven years as a wild, grass-grazing beast (vs. 32-33).  Looking up to heaven and coming to his senses, Nebuchadnezzar finally honored the LORD Most High (v. 34).  How could life have been different if he turned from his pride years earlier?

 

Learn from Nebuchadnezzar’s arrogant mistakes, humbly asking God to reveal pride in your life. 

 

Pray Daniel 4:34-37 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

 

“LORD, raise __________ and my eyes to heaven and let

reason return to us.  I bless You, Most High, and praise

and honor You who lives forever, for Your

dominion is an everlasting dominion, and

Your kingdom endures from generation

 to generation.  All the inhabitants of the earth

are accounted as nothing, but You do according to Your

will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants

of earth.  No one can ward off Your hand

or say to You, ‘What have You done?’

I praise, exalt, and honor You, King of

heaven, for all Your works are true

and Your ways just, and You are able to

humble those who walk in pride.

I come humbly in Your name, Jesus~”

 

The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 4 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell