Every Knee Will Bow
Notes
Transcript
Introduction
Introduction
Have you ever been in a situation where things just seemed to keep on getting worse? Something happens, and then things spiral from that point and it adds insult to injury over and over again. The classic “I forgot something at home, went back to get it, got rear-ended, got a ticket on the way back to work, the tow truck towed my car because I parked illegally, and I didn’t have my debit card in my wallet to get my car back so I had to walk back home in the dark, in a blizzard, without a coat.” Maybe we haven’t quite had this story, but we all have had times where things got progressively worse. You’re holding a baby and the grocery bag breaks and the soda cans burst and everything gets messy and then your baby starts to cry - these things happen in life! Sometimes, things get worse and, quite literally, the bottom falls out. You feel like all is going well only to be punched in the gut. This is where we find ourselves in the book of Daniel. In chapter 1, Daniel and his friends were taken from their homes to Babylon. They were tempted to worship false gods. They were given new names. Yet, they stood on God’s Word. They were promoted in the king’s court. All is going well as Daniel is a faithful servant. But, as is the case in life, things don’t always stay well. This morning as we get into chapter 2 of Daniel, we see that Daniel comes to a time of crisis where he must not simply be a faithful servant, but a faithful prophet and proclaim God’s greatness to this pagan king.
This morning we are going to see how God is in control. Not just a little bit. But that God is the King of Kings. He controls history. He writes history. All of history is headed in His direction. As we prepare to see this truth in Daniel 2, we come to a text that is 49 verses long… I’ve read this passage 5 times out loud this week and it took between 12-14 minutes to read through. Rather than do that, we’re going to see this historical narrative that God’s Word gives us and tackle these 4 sections as they appear in our text and see the point of this chapter as every knee will bow as God rules and God reigns as King.
1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled him, and sleep deserted him.
2 So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
3 he said to them, “I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”
Nebuchadnezzar tells the wisemen and magicians to tell him his dream and if they couldn’t do this, he promises to kill them and their families. He wants them to tell him his dream, but he refuses to tell them what he dreamed.
10 The Chaldeans answered the king, “No one on earth can make known what the king requests. Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, medium, or Chaldean.
The magicians say this is impossible. No one on earth can do this. Because of this response from his experts, Nebuchadnezzar orders for all of these men to be executed… including Daniel and his friends. Daniel was permitted time and this is how he used it.
17 Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter,
18 urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.
19 The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens
20 and declared: May the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.
21 He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
22 He reveals the deep and hidden things; he knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with him.
23 I offer thanks and praise to you, God of my ancestors, because you have given me wisdom and power. And now you have let me know what we asked of you, for you have let us know the king’s mystery.
24 Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had assigned to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He came and said to him, “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
27 Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, medium, magician, or diviner is able to make known to the king the mystery he asked about.
28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has let King Nebuchadnezzar know what will happen in the last days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay in bed were these:
29 Your Majesty, while you were in your bed, thoughts came to your mind about what will happen in the future. The revealer of mysteries has let you know what will happen.
30 As for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because I have more wisdom than anyone living, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind.
31 “Your Majesty, as you were watching, suddenly a colossal statue appeared. That statue, tall and dazzling, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was terrifying.
32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its stomach and thighs were bronze,
33 its legs were iron, and its feet were partly iron and partly fired clay.
34 As you were watching, a stone broke off without a hand touching it, struck the statue on its feet of iron and fired clay, and crushed them.
35 Then the iron, the fired clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were shattered and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.
36 “This was the dream; now we will tell the king its interpretation.
37 Your Majesty, you are king of kings. The God of the heavens has given you sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.
38 Wherever people live—or wild animals, or birds of the sky—he has handed them over to you and made you ruler over them all. You are the head of gold.
39 “After you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours, and then another, a third kingdom, of bronze, which will rule the whole earth.
40 A fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron; for iron crushes and shatters everything, and like iron that smashes, it will crush and smash all the others.
41 You saw the feet and toes, partly of a potter’s fired clay and partly of iron—it will be a divided kingdom, though some of the strength of iron will be in it. You saw the iron mixed with clay,
42 and that the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly fired clay—part of the kingdom will be strong, and part will be brittle.
43 You saw the iron mixed with clay—the peoples will mix with one another but will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with fired clay.
44 “In the days of those kings, the God of the heavens will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, and this kingdom will not be left to another people. It will crush all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself endure forever.
45 You saw a stone break off from the mountain without a hand touching it, and it crushed the iron, bronze, fired clay, silver, and gold. The great God has told the king what will happen in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation reliable.”
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell facedown, worshiped Daniel, and gave orders to present an offering and incense to him.
47 The king said to Daniel, “Your God is indeed God of gods, Lord of kings, and a revealer of mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
48 Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 At Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained at the king’s court.
We see here that while no man could do this, God can and God did! God is the one in control. He is the revealer of mysteries. He is the One who provides. He is the one to whom every knee one day will bow. This morning let’s pause and acknowledge Him for Who He is. Let’s pray
In historical narrative you follow the major scenes that show up and in our text we see 4 distinct scenes starting in verse 1 with…
The Problem (1-16)
The Problem (1-16)
From the get-go in our text we see that there is a problem facing the most powerful person in the whole world - Nebuchadnezzar… He can’t sleep. This man had more power than anyone else, but he had no authority over his sleep. This isn’t anything unique, it is estimated that 1/3 American Adults fail to get enough sleep either due to problems falling/staying asleep. I remember a season in my life years ago where I struggled with insomnia and genuinely couldn’t sleep more than an hour or two a night at max. Not being able to sleep is a serious problem but in the ancient world it would have been seen as an even more serious problem because the reason that sleep deserted him was because of the significance of his dreams. Now we’ve all had a weird dream. We’ve all had a scary dream. We’ve all been woken up by a dream. But in this culture and world, the thought process was that the gods spoke through dreams and for the king to not be able to sleep because of his dreams is an indication that something is going on here and the king requests help from his wisemen. Look at this scene in the text, though, he summons them and tells them that he’s having a dream and is anxious to understand it and then he stops!
This would be the equivalent of your boss coming up to you at work and saying that they have an incredible plan for the company and your boss not only expects you to know the plan that he’s never told you but also to be able to explain this plan in such detail that he doesn’t even fully understand the ins and outs of this company vision. That would be impossible for you to know and it would be irresponsible for your boss to expect this of you! Yet, this is what Nebuchadnezzar does. He expects these wisemen to know his dream and be able to provide its interpretation… but he refuses to tell him what the dream actually was. As if this isn’t enough, look at what he says will happen if they don’t tell him the dream
5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “My word is final: If you don’t tell me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made a garbage dump.
Y’all, this is a problematic situation for the king as he wants to know what his dream means and he wants to finally be able to sleep… but this is also problematic for the wisemen as their very lives are on the line here. In chapter 1 we saw how God provided for Daniel and how the king was pleased with Daniel and his friends, but here in chapter 2 we see that they are on the chopping block. The king is rash, restless, and unrealistic… We know some people in our lives as well, don’t we? These people can cause problems in our lives. What do we see Daniel do in response to this problem? He doesn’t panic. He approaches the king’s officer with wisdom and simply asks for time. Whenever you and I face problems, instead of panicking we must respond with prayer. Can I be honest with you all this morning? I don’t always face my problems cool, calm, and collected like Daniel did here. There are times when we face problems and we panic or we get defensive or we throw other people under the bus to make it look like the problem lies with someone else, not with us. We see a serious problem here, look at verse 17 to see Daniel’s solution: Prayer
The Prayer (17-23)
The Prayer (17-23)
When trials came knocking on their door, these 4 young men turned to the Lord. Even though their lives were at stake, they knew that there was but one God who was real and that their God could in fact reveal this mystery. Daniel and his friends have no where else to turn for assistance, so they look up. They acknowledge that their God is the God of the heavens - and they ask for His mercy by acknowledging His sovereignty. A few weeks ago we looked in Luke 11 at how Jesus taught His disciples to pray and the importance of being people of prayer and the importance of corporately praying as a church. Why is prayer such a big deal? Prayer is not designed nor is it able to bend God’s will to align with ours… Fundamentally, prayer is about aligning ourselves with God’s will. “Prayer is not a vending machine where if we put in enough faith or prayers or people then we will always be able to make the selection that we want!” Praising Him for Who He is. Repenting from our sinful ways. Asking God to help us in our time of need. Yielding to His will and asking for Him to mold us and change us as needed. There is something powerful when God’s people gather to pray. God uses the means of prayer to answer His people. We see in James 4 that there are times where we have not because we ask not - we are to be a people of persistent prayer because God hears and answers prayer in His way and in His time.
When I was in Jr. High, maybe for the first time I saw God’s people coming together in a tragedy to simply pray. There was a young father whose wife had just given birth to their 2nd daughter. He served as a Sunday school teacher in our youth group and was maybe 33 years old and right around Easter he had cardiac arrest and was life flighted to Mercy in Springfield. The doctors gave the prognosis that things don’t look good. They didn’t see much improvement. His brain wasn’t active. I can’t remember what day it was, but the staff at FBC Ozark opened up the sanctuary and people came to pray. This wasn’t a Sunday or Wednesday night prayer time, it was a week day. There was a signup sheet passed around the church and it asked for families to take a 10 minute time period in the days to come to pray for Jason and his wife and his family. This was around the clock meaning that some people prayed from 2:50-3:00am. We prayed. We waited. We trusted. We prayed. Jason’s wife shared that after a few days she handed the situation to the Lord - it was out of her control. She was seeking God’s will and knew that His will might be to call her husband home and, if so, that was God’s plan and His plan is perfect. His plan isn’t always what we prefer, but it’s always perfect! Fast forward to day 6 and after cooling his body Jason began to wake up. He opened his eyes. He blinked on command to answer questions. To this day, nearly 14 years later, this man is a medical miracle as God burdened his family and church family to pray and we know that God uses prayers to accomplish His good and perfect will.
Why do we so often pray in those big moments, life and death, career defining decisions, relationship on the rocks types moments but fail to do so with regularity and persistency? So often we think that we don’t need to go to God in prayer because we believe that we are self-sufficient and can handle things on our own… At times it takes a tragedy to drive us to our knees. How would your life be different if your first priority was to pray to your Father at all times? Consider Daniel here - he prays with his friends and then he goes to sleep. He rests. As Martin Luther put it 500 years ago, “Pray and Let God Worry.” This is what Daniel does and in the evening while sleeping God answers his prayer.
Daniel’s response is that of praise. You know that God’s people have always been a singing people, don’t you? We see this in the Psalms, but we also see this with Hannah, Deborah, Habakkuk, Mary, Paul, and throughout Revelation. God’s people are a people of praise and it’s a blessing to be a part of a body that loves to praise God together through song as we’ve done this morning and as we do week after week. Examine this song of celebration in verses 20-23. We can break this into two parts “Who God Is” and “What God Does.”
Who is our God?
He is Eternal (praised forever and ever)
He is Wise
He is Omnipotent (He is all powerful)
He is Omniscient (He knows what is in the darkness)
He is Gracious (He let Daniel know what He asked for)
This is the God to whom we pray to! Daniel acknowledges Who He is and He praises God for these realities.
What God Does
Shows His Sovereignty by Raising Up Kings/Kingdoms
Shows His Wisdom by Giving Wisdom
Demonstrates His Omniscience by Revealing Hidden Truths (Nebuchadnezzar’s dream)
God is sovereign! He is over all things. In this season where people are vying for power left and right, it is the Lord who changes times and seasons. It is the Lord who removes and establishes kings and kingdoms. Remember that it was the Lord who handed Jerusalem over to Babylon, not the other way around! He is in control. Whenever we pray, we acknowledge that the One to whom we pray is in control. He is good. He is faithful. He is righteous. He is the giver of wisdom. He is good. Maybe here we get confused and upset because it’s easy to praise God whenever the breakthrough comes and whenever we get the answer! It’s easy to praise God when the healing comes and the suffering ceases. The main thing is the plain thing: Human history is under the control and eternal purpose of God. God is working through human history to accomplish something!
Even though Daniel got the interpretation and even though he praised God, we see that Daniel is still stuck in a difficult situation because he knows what this dream means. He knows that Nebuchadnezzar isn’t the captain of the Babylonian ship. How will the king react to this news?
The Provision (24-45)
The Provision (24-45)
Daniel comes to the king with the answer of both his dream and what the dream meant. Remember where Daniel was here. He’s in a foreign country. He’s working for the most powerful man in the world. He’s a wiseman in his court. He likely stands out as he did in chapter 1 for standing on God’s Word in a culture that does not believe in his God. He is wise and well liked by the king, but it stands to reason that there are some who might not like him a whole lot because he’s an outsider (see chapter 6 for this theme again). It would have been easy for Daniel to take credit for this situation. To say that he went home and worked really hard in the art of dream interpretation and offered a sacrifice and opened up his college textbook and after a full night of work, it finally came to him through his hard work. This would have been easy to do - it would have made him look really good in the eyes of the king. But sooner or later the truth would have come out. Y’all, honesty is still the best policy. Daniel didn’t take the credit himself - look at verse 28 as we see the key theological point in this entire chapter: There is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. This God deserves the credit. Not Daniel. Daniel points Nebuchadnezzar to his God. We sing a song at times called, “All I Have is Christ” and there’s a line that says this, “Oh Father, use my ransomed life in any way you choose, and let my song forever be, my only boast is You!” This is Daniel’s response - He boasts in his God and this must be our response as well whenever God moves in a mighty way in our life. Whenever God provides, it wasn’t because of our awesomeness or goodness, it was because of His faithfulness. His mercy. His generosity. As we go throughout our days, let’s be a thankful and humble people who give the credit where it is truly due. Daniel goes to the king and speaks the truth - church, this is our call as Ephesians 4:15 commands us
15 But speaking the truth in love, let us grow in every way into him who is the head—Christ.
Speak the truth in love. Tell others the truth about our God.
So, what was the answer to Nebuchadnezzar’s problem? What was his dream? What did it mean? Daniel explains it and shares that there was a statue and a stone… really, though it’s about a cross and a Kingdom!
This statue was big but the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain that filled the whole earth. What could this mean? Daniel explains that Nebuchadnezzar is a king of kings. He is a powerful person, but the reason that he has power in the first place is because God has given it to him. Notice this, church, those in positions of authority are only there because God has first placed them there.
1 Let everyone submit to the governing authorities, since there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are instituted by God.
Sometimes like with Nebuchadnezzar, the person has authority and is used by God to judge his people. Not all authority is good authority, but God uses all authority for a purpose. To purify His people. To judge them. To help them. This is just one example. We see the Babylonians are in power, but another kingdom will arise, and then a third, and then a fourth. Look at how the metal changes here. Gold turns to Silver, Silver turns to Bronze, Bronze turns to Iron. The metals get less valuable. We could say based on this interpretation that as more time goes on, things get worse - not better, sorry to any Post-millennialists out there. Who are these kingdoms? We have to be careful as we approach dreams and apocalyptic literature to not read too much into the text as we’ll see in chapters 7-9 especially, but here we can figure this out pretty simply. After Babylon came… Persia. Who conquered Persia? The Greeks. The Greek culture and language dominated the world! Yet, they didn’t last… a 4th major kingdom rose and that would be the Romans. This is the traditional understanding of these kingdoms.
The main point is not in these temporary kingdoms that will rise and fall… Look at verse 44, in the days of those kings, God will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed! All of these earthly powers, as mighty as they were, had an expiration date. The Roman Empire ruled much of the known world at the time for 500+ years and had a presence for nearly 1500 years. How old is our country? Not even 250. Some of y’all don’t even know anything about the Roman Empire and it was in existence as late as the 15th century, less than 600 years ago. God raises nations up, and He brings them crashing down. Earthly empires come and go. Our hope is not in our earthly power because this power will change and be destroyed as every other physical nation will be. Our hope is God’s provision of a kingdom that will never be destroyed or shaken.
28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,
This is God’s promise to His people. He holds us fast. His kingdom will never be destroyed. His Kingdom crushes all other kingdoms and brings them to an end. How does God do this? How does God establish His Kingdom? By sending His Son, Jesus, who said this
15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Jesus doesn’t say that the Kingdom will come in 3,000 years. He says that it is at hand. He inaugurated His Kingdom. Let me put this as plain as I can for all of us: If you are saved, you are presently a member of God’s Kingdom! You don’t have to wait until you die or until Jesus returns. There’s been lots of talk and Facebook posts about #ChiefsKingdom the last 2 weeks… Christian, by grace through faith, you’re a member of #Christ’sKingdom today. This is the promise that God made to David in 2 Samuel: 7:16
16 Your house and kingdom will endure before me forever, and your throne will be established forever.’ ”
How does this happen? Because Jesus is this Son of David who is presently where? Exalted in heaven. Ruling and reigning over the nations. One day He will return and crush the false kingdoms of this world and Philippians 2 tells us this
9 For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow— in heaven and on earth and under the earth—
11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
This is coming, y’all! Jesus is the King today. He is ruling today. You can be apart of His Kingdom now. But either way, one day you will bow. This is God’s promise. This is certain. It will happen. You and I have 2 options according to Dr. Luke
18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it will shatter him.”
This is pointing back to Daniel 2. Jesus is this stone that broke off and destroyed these earthly kingdoms and He is our solid foundation for His people but He is also the one who will crush all opposition. You can either turn to Christ and be saved or you can turn away from Christ and be destroyed. That’s it. This is what Peter told his Jewish brothers and sisters in Acts 4:11-12
11 This Jesus is the stone rejected by you builders, which has become the cornerstone.
12 There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
Friend, don’t reject this stone. Don’t reject God’s provision. Jesus has shattered these powers. Jesus came to this world and lived a sinless life. But don’t be like His countrymen who lost hope as He went to the cross. The cross was necessary to accomplish our salvation. Death could not hold this King. Jesus conquered death. Jesus commissioned His followers. And Jesus compels us to go and make disciples of the nations because Jesus’ Kingdom is an international Kingdom. Trust in this Jesus. This passage is all about this stone that crushes opponents and saves sinners. Are you in His Kingdom today?
The Praise (46-49)
The Praise (46-49)
Daniel gives the king the truth. He is a king of a vast empire, but God is the only one who rules a kingdom that will never be shaken. God is the One who allowed him to be king in the first place! Look at how the king responds: He bows down and worships Daniel and his God. The Emperor worships an Exiled Jew. Only God can bring this about! He acknowledges that Daniel’s God is the Lord of Kings - a higher title in the Aramaic than his title of “king of kings.” He promotes Daniel. He gives Daniel gifts and appoints Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego as managers in Babylon. But ultimately, the king is in awe of what God has done in revealing this mystery. Through Daniel’s obedience and letting God work through him, God was praised. This is Matthew 5 lived out
14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.
15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, but rather on a lampstand, and it gives light for all who are in the house.
16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
We are to let our light shine before others not so we get a pat on the back or a promotion or a breakthrough. We let our light shine so that God gets the glory! This happens in our text as the king praises God. Think about what the king does to Daniel, he gives him a promotion over all the wisemen of Babylon. 600 years later, where do wisemen come from in order to praise Jesus? The east. It is likely, although not definitive, that Daniel’s faithful witness to God stuck with these Babylonian wisemen and their great, great, great, great, great grandchildren were among the wisemen who saw the star and followed it and found Jesus. Faithfulness to God has lingering effects! However, as we’ll see next week, the praise from the King is short lived as he will soon forget the power of Daniel’s God and command his people to bow and worship a statue of himself. His praise will soon turn into pride. FBC family, pride is always lurking around the corner. One minute we can be right where we’re supposed to be and the next minute our prone to wander heart leads us astray. This king had the head knowledge, he saw God’s power! But he didn’t ever have a changed heart. We see this in our world today -
people make an emotional decision after something happens and the know that something is different about this God and they make a one time decision… But down the road a week, month, or year, they leave it behind. They want nothing to do with God. They don’t believe in the Bible, they don’t believe that Jesus is the only way to be saved. They don’t believe in heaven or hell. This breaks our hearts, but we all know examples of people who praise the Lord on Sunday and by Monday are back to praising themselves. We see this in our text. This is why Paul tells us this:
6 I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
12 Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
God saves us. He keeps us. He sustains us. We work out this salvation with fear and trembling. We don’t have a license to get comfortable and complacent. Our call is to lift high the name of Jesus Christ. To praise His name as His Word demands. If we don’t have this desire to praise God and if we don’t have a desire to worship Him and if we don’t have a desire to know Him more and if we don’t have a desire in our heart to glorify Him, then we’d better do some soul searching because Jesus changes those whom Jesus saves! Nebuchadnezzar celebrated but he wasn’t changed. What about you?
Christian, in a world that believes that if we just look inside ourselves we can answer all the problems and mysteries of life, we know better. We know that there is a revealer of mysteries. In a world that has lost its mind, we have the answer. His name is Jesus!
Application Points
Application Points
We’ve seen several application points throughout this text, but let’s conclude with 3 truths for us today as a result of being members of this unshakeable kingdom and knowing that one day every knee will bow and worship God
Because Every Knee Will Bow, We Do Pray
Like Daniel, we are to be people who pray and trust in our God. We go to Him and acknowledge WHO He is and what He has done for us and for others. We pray and we glorify Him and point others to Him as we do this.
Because Every Knee Will Bow, We Don’t Panic
Like Daniel in our text, when suffering strikes on our doorstep we don’t first panic. We go to the Lord in prayer. We remember that He has a plan. He is in control. One day every knee will bow. One day Christ will return. As the children’s song reminds us: He’s got the whole world in His hands. We don’t need to panic. We pray and we trust in the Lord in the good days and in the difficult ones.
Because Every Knee Will Bow, We Do Persevere
In the chapters that follow we see that Daniel and his friends will undergo persecution. They will be thrown into fiery furnaces and before ferocious lions. They will be betrayed and backstabbed. But what will we see throughout this book? God’s people persevere because they know that God is in control and that God wins! In the good and in the bad, we persevere and we remain faithful to our King because one day, every knee will bow and worship the Savior that we get to worship today. Pray, Persevere, and don’t Panic - Our God Saves, Our God Reigns, Our God Sustains.
He’s Got Us!