Daniel 12:8-10 - I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked,
"My lord, what will the outcome of all this be?" He replied, "Go your way, Daniel, because
the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the
end. Many will be purified, made spotless and
refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise
will understand.
Daniel’s last
words to us were an admission that even though he had spent many hours with God
in prayer…brought vivid visions in his dreams….and been told he was favored by
God…he still had trouble grasping the full meaning of the dreams and messages
God gave him. He knew the end of the story…but all its great outcome was still
hidden to his humble heart. His only
hope was to remain one of the faithful to the very end…so wisdom could open the
meaning of everything he had seen in God’s timing.
It is a
reminder to me that I never know everything I am supposed to know until God
reveals it to me. I must remain in a
routine of prayer…constant study of the word he left us….and request often that
he unveil what I need to know to remain a humble servant till the day he allows
me passage to Heaven. I must be willing at all times to learn. God will tell us what we need to know…when we
need to know it….not always when we want it.
Father…thank
you for the reminder that God has perfect timing. Forgive me for the times that
I try to speed him up…or slow him down.
Help me to accept and be willing to learn from every moment he plans out
for me…to listen to others he sends my way to shape my thoughts…to open my ears
as wide as possible during times of study….and just sit in quietness every once
in a while to see if God needs to talk to me.
Amen.
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