Daily Lesson for April 15, 2015

Today's daily lesson comes from Daniel chapter 2 verses 20 through 23:

"Blessed be the name of God forever and ever,
to whom belong wisdom and might.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to those who have understanding;
22 he reveals deep and hidden things;
he knows what is in the darkness,
and the light dwells with him.
23 To you, O God of my fathers,
I give thanks and praise,
for you have given me wisdom and might,
and have now made known to me what we asked of you,
for you have made known to us the king's matter."

And Daniel 2 verse 30:

"But as for me, this mystery has been revealed to me, not because of any wisdom that I have more than all the living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known . . ."

We can never hasten a vision, rush a dream, or in ourselves fortell the future.

What is to come and what it is we are supposed to be doing when it comes is always a revelation from God and must be received as such. The revelation comes in its own due time and cannot be rushed.  The future stubbornly refuses to be pulled into the present.

We can sit and anxiously worry and fixate ourselves on what is to become. But doing so gets us no closer to tomorrow and robs us of today. 

Today offers us the opportunity to seek the mind and heart of God; the revelation of what is to be flows out of that mind and heart and not the other way around. 

A Prayer:

Dear God, give us this day our daily revelation.  Help us not to be consumed by what has not yet been made known, but rather content to seek and know you who will make it known in your own good season.