So I was reading Daniel chapter 4 and I started to realize what an idiot king Nebuchadnezzar was. This guy still hasn't recognized that the gods he served are not the all powerful all knowing God that Daniel serves. So king Neb (don't want to spell it all out agian) had another dream that he couldn't understand and wanted it to be interpreted again. So he called Daniel because he knew that Daniel could so Daniel did. When the Lord revealed to Daniel what it meant Daniel was scared to tell him because he knew that this dream was about the king. You can read about it but Daniel told him that this would happen to him if he didn't acknowledge that Heaven rules. Of course he didn't and thought he was so great and all this stuff happend to him. I thought to myself how dumb king Neb had to be to witness Daniel interpret now two of his dreams, see that Daniel and his three friends ate only fruits and veggies and were better off then him and his people. Not to mention the whole gnarly fiery furnace event. King Neb saw first hand so many different miracles that God had done and still was to big of a bonehead to realize that the God of Daniel was the real deal.
After thinking about how I thought that King Neb was an idiot I was instantly convicted, and thought to myself that I do the same thing that he did. In fact I just read what he did and I still had some doubts on what God is doing in my life. The funny thing about all this is I could share stories for hours on how God came through in the clutch, and how many miraculous things God has done in my life and people I know. I'm sure that we all can say we are guilty of that. What blows my mind is how easily we forget the power of Jesus. Hello, the guy conquered death I don't know of anything more powerful then that. How many times does he have to do something for us to remember how powerful he is? The answer is one time. But before I make you feel bad I want to encourage you with this. Our God is a God of forgiveness. My pastor put it like this, Our God is a God of fisrt, second, third, fourth.... chances. Aren't you glad about that, I know I am. Even though we forget and worry and even doubt God he is there to forgive us and take us back.
So my prayer for us is that we would stop focusing on our problems at hand and we would focus on the goodness of God. I pray that we never forget the promises he has for us. One thing that helps is if we take the time to sit down, maybe even write out all the things that God has done for us, I'm talking about those times that he has rescued you or delivered you from something that only God could do. I pray that God would increase our faith and give us more strength to trust in him and his perfect ways.
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