June 12, 2022
God is in control of those who are in
How does knowing God is in control change how we react when it seems that everything is out of control?
Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:14 (ESV)
When people remember that God is in control of those who are in control, they
Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Daniel 2:17-18 (ESV)
When people remember that God is in control of those who are in control, they seek
Daniel answered the king and said, “No wise men, enchanters, magicians, or astrologers can show to the king the mystery that the king has asked, but there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days …”
Daniel 2:27-28 (ESV)
When people remember that God is in control of those who are in control, they are more
“And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and it shall stand forever, just as you saw that a stone was cut from
a mountain by no human hand, and that it broke in pieces the iron,
the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A great God has made
known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
Daniel 2:44-45 (ESV)
Daniel’s Vision Conclusions
1. God is in control of
2. Secular kingdoms have an
3. The Kingdom of God will come like a
“Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits. And the
one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and when it falls
on anyone, it will crush him.”
Matthew 21:42-44 (ESV)