Can I Get A Witness

• I CORINTHIANS 14:33 “FOR GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION BUT OF PEACE. AS IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE SAINTS”

Dreams play a significant role in the Bible, and they are often regarded as a means through which God communicates with people. Throughout the biblical text, dreams are used to convey –

• Messages

• Provide guidance

• Offer prophetic insights

• Reveal divine will

In our text, Daniel and his friends are a part of this group of “WISE MEN” OF BABYLON” but were not a part of the group that the king called that morning.

• When Daniel learns what is happening, he goes to the king and asks for time

• Daniel says he will give the interpretation, but can’t at that moment

• So he asks the king to set a time for him to come back and give the dream and the interpretation

Let me footnote here for a moment. We need to make sure we have heard from God before we attempt to speak for Him. We need to be more like Daniel and take some time to be sure we have heard from God before opening our mouths and telling someone that God told you this or that and it does not line up with the character or attributes of God. Let’s be real!

• We say that God told us this or that

• Two weeks later change our mind and say God now said something else

• God is not Schizophrenic!

• God is not Bipolar

• God does not suffer from ‘split personality’

We better be careful and stop playing with God. You remember when King David did all his dirty, dastardly deeds. It was the Prophet Nathan that came and told him about that dream with the Ewe Lamb. King David said who would do such a thing, Nathan, give me his name and I will have him put to death before the sun goes down. Prophet Nathan said – KING DAVID YOU ARE THE MAN. You better stop playing with God!

You know there are some things my brothers and sisters that God hates. PROVERBS 6:16-19 “THESE SIX THINGS DOTH THE LORD HATE: YEA, SEVEN ARE AN ABOMINATION UNTO HIM”

• A proud look

• A lying tongue

• Hands that shed innocent blood

• A heart that deviseth wicked imaginations

• Feet that be swift in running to mischief

• A false witness that speaketh lies

• He that soweth discord among brethren

I am reminded of the song, “where could i go but to the Lord.”

• Daniel was facing certain death

• The king had made the proclamation and time was short

There are times when you really are at the end of your rope.

• There are times when life has dealt you and unfair hand

• What do you do in those times?

• When you don’t know what else to do

Daniel knew what to do. DANIEL 2:17-18 “THEN DANIEL WENT TO HIS HOUSE, AND MADE THE THING KNOWN TO HANANIAH, MISHAEL, AND AZARIAH, HIS COMPANIONS: THAT THEY WOULD DESIRE MERCIES OF THE GOD OF HEAVEN CONCERNING THIS SECRET; THAT DANIEL AND HIS FELLOWS SHOULD NOT PERISH WITH THE REST OF THE WISE MEN OF BABYLON.”

• Daniel went to his friends and together they went to God in prayer

• Prayer was not Daniels back up plan

• It was the plan

• God revealed the dream, and the interpretation and Daniel praised God

• The truth is, no one but God could do what the king asked