The Everlasting God - Weekly Devo - 10/5/15

The Everlasting God

from Lenae, GEMS Training Manager

His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed. Daniel 7:14b

My sister’s latest adoption update contained another change in the process. Things are in flux, and this one was huge. As she asked for prayers for patience and perseverance, she shared what a good friend had recently said to her about a completely different situation: “Change is hard. God is Sovereign.” My sister believes that. Her prayer is to embrace it.

Daniel knew change. As a teen he was carried into captivity to Babylon and spent the next 70 plus years serving four different kings—Nebuchadnezzar, Belshazzar, Darius, and Cyrus. Not only did the kings change, the kingdoms did, too. Note the irony when the queen enters Belshazzar’s banquet hall after fingers of a human hand wrote on the wall. She says, “O king, live forever!” Yet on that very night King Belshazzar was slain and the Medes took over the kingdom! (Daniel 5)

The fulfillment of what God made known to King Nebuchadnezzar through a dream about a large statue had begun. (Daniel 2) And the hope God promised in Daniel’s interpretation of that dream continues to bring peace and assurance. “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever” (Daniel 2:44).

Jesus is The Everlasting God who reigns forever! He is the Anointed One who rules and sustains all! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; his dominion endures from generation to generation (Daniel 4:3b). Though circumstances change, He does not. He is on the throne actively ruling, sustaining, leading, and guiding.

You may question that if today’s circumstances feel like you’ve been exiled to a foreign country, are walking through a fiery furnace, or have been thrown into a pit of lions. (Daniel 1, 3, 6) Take heart! The deliverances we see in Daniel’s story are ours in Christ. By His grace He delivers today and will deliver for eternity!

What’s your story? In Daniel Jesus is The Everlasting God (Daniel 7:14). How does His Story help you tell your story?

Get in the Book: Read the book of Daniel.

I confess that God’s delivering power is mine! He has rescued me before; He will rescue me now; and He will rescue me when I need His power again in the future. — Rick Renner