30 Days of Praise-Day 7 Daniel 2:19-23

During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven and said: "Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king."

I am really enjoying my Beth Moore Daniel Bible Study. Any study in the Word is amazing and leads to peace, righteousness and a better relationship with God. But for some reason, Daniel has been extra rich in my life.

In this particular passage, Nebuchadnezzar has threatened to kill all the wise men of Babylon because none of them could tell him what his dream was and then interpret it for him. That is, except for Daniel. After urgent praying with his friends, God reveals not only the dream the king had but its interpretation, thus sparing multiple lives. Verses 19-23 of Daniel 2 are an outpouring of thanks to God for his wisdom, power and "illumination" of the situation (vs. 22's "And the light dwells with Him").

I love that Daniel gives all the credit to the Lord immediately. Nothing was done in his own power except urgently praying and then waiting to hear from the Lord about this mystery. If we truly believe that God is who He says He is, we can trust in the fact that He will reveal to us the deep and hidden things we ask of Him, give us wisdom and discerning and will answer our prayers one way or another. The key to all of those things is urgent and consistent prayer.