THURSDAY, MAY 31
Daniel 8:26-27
Psalm 119:105

“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
and a light unto my path.”

SHUT UP THE VISION

Gabriel’s final instruction to Daniel was: “… wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days” (Dan 8:26).

The prophecy was for a time yet many days future. Daniel was therefore commanded to seal it up carefully, and to preserve it for distant times. It would be a source of great strength and comfort to suffering saints of a later day to know that the God whom they worship and trust has everything under control and that nothing happens without Him. Believers in this day and age when the end times are upon us rejoice to see some of these predictions come true before our very eyes.

The profound impact of the visions so taxed the ageing prophet that it left him totally spent and exhausted. The burden for his own people destined for extreme atrocities in the future was apparently too much for Daniel to endure. The emotional and spiritual shock was such that it left him sick for days.

Does God’s Word affect you in any way? How?

THOUGHT: How can I understand Biblical prophecy?
PRAYER: Father, “open Thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous
things out of Thy law” (Ps 119:18).