SATURDAY, APRIL 28
Daniel 4:34-37
Romans 12:1-3

“…not to think of himself more
highly than he ought to think;
but to think soberly …”

MY REASON RETURNED TO ME

“And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High …” (Dan 4:34). During the seven years of the king’s madness, Daniel may have been the one who actually controlled the direction of the empire, for he was the only one who knew when the king would emerge from his insanity. It would have been embarrassing (to put it mildly) for any government official to speak against the king, if Nebuchadnezzar regained his sanity and was told what had happened. “Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door” (James 5:9).

At God’s appointed time, while Nebuchadnezzar was still in this condition of insanity, God had mercy on him, such that he raised his “eyes unto heaven” (Dan 4:34) and his understanding returned unto him. Then he gave God the glory due to His Name.

We face similar problems in our society today. To the extent that people think they have “all the answers” in business, government, psychology, the natural sciences, etc., they have really blinded themselves to God’s realities. “… (T)he god of this world …” (2 Cor 4:4) blinds people to the enormity of their pride in the presence of a holy God. The only answer to our modern forms of spiritual insanity is to present our bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God. Then, when we are transformed by the renewing of our mind, we prove what the will of God is: “good, and acceptable, and perfect …” (Rom 12:2). Those who experience this have every reason to bless the Most High and to praise and honour Him who lives forever.

THOUGHT: Compared to God’s thoughts, ours are utterly foolish because of sin.
PRAYER: O God of Daniel, and my God today, enable me to bring every thought into captivity to Thee at all times.