Daniel 5.5: "The fingers of a human hand appered, writing on the plaster of the wall on the king's palace."
I was reading my Bible last night, always a calm thing to do before bed. I was flipping through one of my favorite sections when I came to a picture of God's hand writing on the King's wall. I read through the whole chapter for probably the 5th time. I enjoyed it, and after I had gone to bed, I started saying my nightly prayers. I thought for a while about the passage I had just read, and how God talked to those people that day.
God talks to us every day. Either through animals, plants, events, etc. It's never going to be as easy as writing on a wall. What we need to do is listen for God's voice in everything.
Sometimes, in the darker parts of my life, when I feel that God is silent, I feel like I'm trying to walk through my life with a blindfold on. I realize in those times, I have to slow down and listen. Stop and try to disipher God's writing for my life.
The writing on the wall ended up telling that king that God was the One Ruler of the universe. The king was to be turned into a beast for 7 years so that he could learn to trust and listen to God.
Nothing that drastic will probably happen to us. (Of course it is possible. :P) But in a way, when we stray from God, the state of sin we enter is like being a beast. Learning our mistakes in sin, we can always learn and come out fighting stronger and ready for what God has for us to do.
Have a nice day, everyone.
Enjoi
I was reading my Bible last night, always a calm thing to do before bed. I was flipping through one of my favorite sections when I came to a picture of God's hand writing on the King's wall. I read through the whole chapter for probably the 5th time. I enjoyed it, and after I had gone to bed, I started saying my nightly prayers. I thought for a while about the passage I had just read, and how God talked to those people that day.
God talks to us every day. Either through animals, plants, events, etc. It's never going to be as easy as writing on a wall. What we need to do is listen for God's voice in everything.
Sometimes, in the darker parts of my life, when I feel that God is silent, I feel like I'm trying to walk through my life with a blindfold on. I realize in those times, I have to slow down and listen. Stop and try to disipher God's writing for my life.
The writing on the wall ended up telling that king that God was the One Ruler of the universe. The king was to be turned into a beast for 7 years so that he could learn to trust and listen to God.
Nothing that drastic will probably happen to us. (Of course it is possible. :P) But in a way, when we stray from God, the state of sin we enter is like being a beast. Learning our mistakes in sin, we can always learn and come out fighting stronger and ready for what God has for us to do.
Have a nice day, everyone.
Enjoi
2 comments:
Very true, Bek. I think everybody (me being one of the frontrunners of the "everybody" category) can do better with listening to God's voice in everyday life--looking at His provision and glory in simple things. But of course the best thing to do is just to read the Bible. More often than not we need stories like Daniel 5 to jerk us back to listening--I know I often do. :)
I love how you say entering sin is like being a beast. For one, it makes me think of my favorite fairy tale. On the other hand, I think it paints the PERFECT picture. Animals don't want to be trained. Animals draw their bestial behavior tighter and tighter around them. The only way for them to become "trained" is for someone much greater than them to reach down into their lives. And boy has God done that for us. :)
Haha! Way to put it in perspective! Soooo true. I love the way you explain things.
Thanks!
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