Scripture to Read: Daniel 2:4–11
In Daniel 2:4, we read the response of the wise men. Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: “O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” They wanted Nebuchadnezzar to at least tell them the dream, then they would interpret it for him. But Nebuchadnezzar says in Daniel 2:5–6, “The command from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be torn limb from limb and your houses will be made a rubbish heap. 6 But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation.” Nebuchadnezzar stood firm, and he was so brutal that he would have them ripped apart and their houses burned if they couldn’t interpret his dreams. The Babylonian spiritual leaders asked again in Daniel 2:7, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” But in Daniel 2:8–9, Nebuchadnezzar didn’t budge on what he wanted from them. The spiritual leaders knew they were given an impossible task, and in Daniel 2:10–11, the Chaldeans said, “There is not a man on earth” who could solve what Nebuchadnezzar had demanded from them. This was beyond human intellect, ingenuity, and intelligence. God often allows us to be put in situations we could never accomplish ourselves. God uses impossible situations to teach us to trust in Him. God can always provide the answers needed.
Challenge & Application
• When you’ve been faced with what seems like an impossible task, how have you seen God work in and through you?
• How has God used you to help someone else walk through what they thought was impossible to do?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!