SOVERRIGN GOD
Daniel 1

God is God and He alone answers every of His great and merciful names. God was God and He is God when Satan went all out against Job. He was not asleep when the young Daniel and his three friends were given to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. In all and every of his doing, He was never an author of evil but the evil one himself is the author of evil. The evil one has what it takes to operate as the author of evil but he does not have what it takes to execute any of his evil acts outside of the Almighty God. Remember Job? Job was a confirmed man of faith and God testified, “…There is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil.” (Job 1:8) The evil one did not make attempts to destroy Job once but twice with permission being granted to execute his evil acts. God was not asleep neither was He at slumber concerning His own. The end of Job was better and it could not be compared with his beginning as regard to every area of blessings in all of his life. Job’s situation was not outside of God; God knew his end from his beginning. God was aware when the innocent young Daniel and his three friends were taken captive from their homeland to Babylon. God alone is sovereign over all of man’s affairs. Daniel 1:1-2, “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 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.” Just as mentioned, the point here is, “…The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand.” God has remained constant and consistent overseeing and overriding the affairs of man. Daniel did not call for what happened but God called for it because of God’s judgment over Jerusalem. The fall of Jerusalem led to the captivity of Daniel and his three friends. Whatever is not going the way of your choice is not an evidence of wrong doing on your behalf and it is not to take your attention away from God. Keep hope and stay focused. God is sovereign in all affairs around you and outside of you. Daniel in the midst of all did not digress neither did he defile his God. Above all, Daniel remained purposeful to the glory of God. The same God of Daniel will glorify His name in your entire endeavor if you will not digress or defile Him.

Prayer for today: My Lord, my God, my Father and my All in all, I ask this day that you enable me to remain focused and purposeful in every area of challenge in my life.