He’s perfect and right in every way… and we are so… well… NOT!Īnd could it also be that Daniel could see that God always wanted and deserved a whole Family, a Nation, a People? And because Daniel was God’s friend, Daniel wanted God to have that - not just one guy’s love, but a whole Family.ĭaniel knew all this wasn’t about just “him.” So Daniel took on the whole Family’s problems as his own problems and let himself be counted as one of the “bad guys.”ĭaniel continued, “God, You made a great name for Yourself once before using us. Why would Daniel take the blame for what his disobeying relatives did 70 years before? From everything that we know of Daniel, he seemed to be a pretty good guy, so why was he being so “hard on himself”?Ĭould it be that Daniel knew deep down inside that he was an empty person without God too (just like Isaiah had told them all many years before)? It doesn’t matter how many “right” things we seemingly have going for us we all need compassion and mercy from God just as much as those “bad guys.” Because as you come to Know God, the more you See how other, other, other He is from us. You are just and right in all You’ve done, but we have not obeyed You.”ĭid you notice how when Daniel prayed about the sin of God’s Children, he said, “We have sinned”? Daniel was just a boy when this discipline of God’s nation had started. But we still haven’t even said we’re sorry or tried to change. All of us broke Your law, and You disciplined us just like You told us You would starting way back in the time of Moses. “Lord, You are righteous, but I know You are also compassionate and forgiving. We have not paid attention to the people who have spoken for You, Your Seers. So Daniel took some words to God and prayed, “O Lord, great and awesome God who is true to His deal with those who love Him and keep His commandments - we have sinned! We’ve done what’s wrong and wicked. So, if you want a relationship with your Daddy in Heaven, let Him know you care about things He cares about.ĭaniel wanted God to know that he really cared about the future of God’s Children. To care about what He cares about and to talk with God as a person about things. If God had already decided and told everyone that the discipline would last 70 years, why did Daniel feel like he needed to ask God about it? Why go without food and put scratchy clothes on? Why would Daniel bother to do that? What difference would it make if God had already decided?ĭaniel knew it did make a difference. And not just praying, but Daniel stopped eating, put on scratchy clothes, and put ashes on his head. So do you know what Daniel did? He started praying about it.

And then Daniel realized it had been about 70 years since that discipline had started! One day as Daniel read the scrolls, he read how Jeremiah had said that the discipline of God’s City would last for 70 years. He would read the written-down words of Heaven-Seers like Jeremiah. And that throne had wheels of fire! (I know you want to see that one day, don’t you? Maybe God’ll even let you sit in His lap and take a ride on it, or spin you around in circles on it.)ĭaniel cared a lot about God’s words. These things were symbols, or shadows of real things that would happen later.īut Daniel saw some wonderful things too… like God sitting on His throne. Another time, he saw a ram and a goat fighting. One time Daniel saw four beasts coming up from the sea. Some of the things were even kind of scary. Several times God showed Daniel some incredible things that would happen in the future. Getting thrown into a lion’s den.Īnd that’s not all.

Daniel had a pretty interesting life, didn’t he? Being taken from his home as a boy and made to serve a foreign king.

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