A PLEA FOR MERCY
Daniel
2:1-30 / Keywords 2:18
He urged them to plead for mercy
from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends
might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
1. Tell me my dream
(1-13)
When King
Nebuchadnezzar had an unsettling dream, he made an unusual
request of the wise
men of his kingdom. Instead of telling them his dream
so that they could
interpret it, he asked them to tell him his dream as well as
the interpretation.
Then, when his servants complained that this request was
unreasonable, he
became furious and determined to execute all of the wise men
in his kingdom. This
included Daniel and his friends.
2. He urged them to
plead for mercy (14-30)
What did Daniel do?
Did he plead with the king to be reasonable? No, Daniel
encouraged his
friends to plead with the Lord for mercy. In this way he honored
the Lord as the ruler
of all. When God answered his plea and revealed the dream
to Daniel, he praised
the Lord. He is the King of kings, and all wisdom and power
belong to him
forever. So Daniel could approach Nebuchadnezzar, not with a
complaint, and not
with a plea to be reasonable, but with a testimony of God in
heaven who rules all
things with mercy.
Prayer Lord, when I am
tempted to complain, teach me to pray instead for your
sovereign mercy.
One Word God rules with mercy
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