February 11, 2024 | Daniel: Only God’s Touch Makes a Difference

Series Overview:

God stands tall through the entire book of Daniel with His grand plan for an unimaginable, but truly wonderful future victorious kingdom. God is on a mission and raised up Daniel who believed Him! His life and the lives of his friends lived radically counter-cultural, seeking the Lord which moved them to wisely focus on the important things, the essential things, and leaving the temporary pleasures and promises of this world behind. Though ultimately given great earthly privilege and position, faith and God’s ways have its own rewards. In a world of pain, suffering, and confusion, Daniel modeled what it means to follow the Lord in His perfect plan. So today, the cost of following Jesus is high, but God will vindicate His people. This book encourages us to persevere in the Lord’s plan as the best way to the best world.

Weekly Overview:

Daniel 10 brings us into the final vision (chapters 10-12) that involves a great war, a conflict of unimaginable magnitude. Though exiles are returning to Israel and things should be getting better, Daniel is found in a time of mourning and fasting. He encounters a heavenly messenger that reminds us of the holiness and glory of God, but also of the reality is life is hard for God’s people and why life is so difficult. There is an assurance of God’s care in hardship revealed in “touches.” This chapter also prepares us to understand the war, especially the spiritual dimensions. What surprises us is that the conflicts here on Earth have a counterpart in the heavenly realm. The upshot is that we need to have spiritual armor to fight the spiritual battles. Our battle is spiritual, not one against flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12). Jesus won our victory at the Cross and proved it through the Resurrection!

Today’s Text | Daniel 10:1-11:1