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SIVAN 16

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“Blessed be the Name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His. He changes times and seasons. He removes kings and installs kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. He reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what lies in darkness and light dwells with Him. To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise! For You gave me wisdom and power. You have made known to me what we asked of You. You revealed to us the word of the king.” (Dan 2:20-23 TLV)

Most of us are familiar with who Daniel is, and the story of Daniel being thrown into the lion’s den is well known.  There is, however, another ‘showdown’ found in the book of Daniel that is not as often spoken of, yet is also of great importance.  Found in chapter two of the book of Daniel, this story begins with King Nebuchadnezzar suffering from a reoccurring dream, and not being able to understand what the meaning of this dream was.  Reaching a place of frustration, the king called together all his magicians and astrologers, promising great riches and honor to the one who could not only tell him WHAT the dream was, but also the correct interpretation of this dream. 

The king’s so-called ‘wise men’ admitted that unless the king himself related the dream to them, they had no way of interpreting what it meant.  None of them could tell the king what his dream was; they were all in agreement that it was not humanly possible (Dan 2:10-11).  BUT, there is a God, the Elohim of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and He revealed to Daniel not only the king’s dream, but also its interpretation (Dan 2:27-30), in order that King Nebuchadnezzar would know, that there IS a God in Heaven, and He rules over the affairs of men (Dan 2:47).

How it must grieve and sadden our Abba Father to see His children, blood bought and supposed to be walking in faith, supposed to be depending on Him and His counsel, still turning to magicians and astrologers for guidance and direction!  What wisdom is there in a ‘zodiac sign’?  What knowledge and understanding are there to be found in a deck of ‘tarot cards’?  Yet it is amazing how many Scripture quoting, Torah observant, Bible reading, born-again believers that read their daily ‘horror–scopes’, and ‘consult the cards’ before making any major decision in their lives! What limited success these mediums have is completely circumstantial (Dan 5:8), and should never be relied upon.  Beloved, we cannot continue in this vein.  We cannot drink from the cup of devils, and from the cup of our Master at the same time (1Cor 10:21).  Who do we belong to; who do we serve?

There are those that would say that there is no harm done; but every door open to ANYTHING connected to the occult is harm done.  Let us all resolve in our heart’s today, this day that our Creator has made, that we belong to Him, and only Him, and that He will not ever again have to share us with anyone or anything …

 

“Do not become unequally yoked together with unbelievers.  For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?  And what communion has light with darkness?”  (2Cor 6:14 NKJV)

“Probe me, Adonai, and test me, refine my mind and my heart.  For Your love is before my eyes and I have walked in Your truth.”  (Ps 26:2-3 TLV)

 

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