- When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it. And behold, there stood before me one having the appearance of a man. And I heard a man’s voice between the banks of the Ulai, and it called, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.” Daniel 8:15-16 – When we seek to understand, God will make things known. Daniel here saw some interesting things in his vision and sought to know what they meant. Immediately we have God offering the details Daniel needed. Now as we see at the end, Daniel still didn’t fully understand everything even after being told, but God still didn’t leave him in his confusion and wondering. What we must remember is that God seeks to be known by us. He isn’t trying to cloud Himself in mystery so we can never grasp at all who He is or what His heart is for. This is why He gave us scripture so we can read and learn about Him. This is why He sent Jesus, so we could get to know the Father and seek a relationship with Him. Of course there will be things we just can’t ever fully understand about God and the way He works, but know God wants to be known and understood by us. Each day then let’s seek to know Him better. If He’s offering the chance to know Him better today, let’s not pass that up. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1564
- And I, Daniel, was overcome and lay sick for some days. Then I rose and went about the king’s business, but I was appalled by the vision and did not understand it. Daniel 8:27 – Daniel is given another vision of things to come for him. He was given a view of the future powers of the Persians and the Greeks, and from them such turmoil would come for God’s people. We also see all this vision spoke to the same sort of message Daniel got from his first vision about what is still to come for us in the end of days. Whether it was the terrors God’s people would see with the world powers of Daniel’s day or the terrors God speaks of in the end of days, I bet this was sickening and disturbing for Daniel. Why would such power be allowed to the enemy and why would such a season of victory be given to the enemy like this? Truly this is a hard question for us today to understand and it’s sickening to us when we see the enemy find victory in our lives or the world we live in. When God is all-powerful and sovereign even over the enemy, why is there ever times like these we are reading about in scripture? What I know is God’s plans are perfect, even when I don’t understand them. I also know He allows individuals, churches, and nations to choose sin and experience the consequences of such a choice, and the turmoil we read about in scripture is the consequences of the choice to pursue sin over the Lord. Let us then trust God when His moves don’t make sense to us and let us make the choice to remain in a faithful pursuit of Him. Let us keep about our King’s business even though we may not understand everything going on and to come. Thankfully we serve a loving God who has proven to be trustworthy, so when we don’t understand all the things, we can still faithfully serve the Lord. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2746
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