09/03/2022
Daniel 1:2-4 ; *And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god. Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring some of the children of Israel and some of the king's descendants and some of the nobles, young men in whom [there was] no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who [had] ability to serve in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the language and literature of the Chaldeans.*
*Golden Nuggets:*
-Not everybody was invited to serve at the Kings Palace..
Here we look at the focus of today's worldly recruitment and this is towards young people.
-It's a target recruitment.
-This generation will have a remnant that will not bow their knee to Nebuchadnezzar...in Jesus Name.
-Daniel learnt the language without relinquishing his identity. He maintained the culture of a God who was his judge.
-And as a result,
*Daniel 1:8* But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- *Daniel 1:9* Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.
-Sometimes all that is desired is to interpret a dream that no body is able to. *"Daniel 2:19-21 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. So Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said: " Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, For wisdom and might are His. And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding.*
-Daniel is now an official in a Babylonian kingdom, but not of it. God has left us in this world to be an influence .. that light He desires to use to shine in that place!
-Daniel was wise to know that if he is faithful he can change the entire nation beacuse God is his judge.
- *Daniel 3:23-25* And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished; and he rose in haste [and] spoke, saying to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." "Look!" he answered, "I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God."