The God Who Humbles

GracePointe Church of Christ in Elizabethtown, PA

Text: Daniel 4

Synopsis: The King of Babylon was the most powerful human being in the world, and he mistakenly thought that the greatness and security he lived in was due to his own achievement. Boasting of his success and walking around with an inflated sense of pride, the King has another dream. Daniel provides an interpretation of that dream - The King was going to lose everything. Thus, that is what happened! The King of Babylon is reduced to wandering the countryside like an animal, his sanity gone, and his personal hygiene even suffers for a time. After that time, God restores the King, and the King now realizes that God is the one who protects, provides, and has given the King everything he has. In the end, it is hard to distinguish the pagan King from the psalter as he praises God, the one who humbles the proud, acts justly and produces righteousness.