God’s Sovereign Power to Depose Kings and Promote the Humble
“At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling place, by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty? While the word was in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky, saying, “O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you. You shall be driven from men; and your dwelling shall be with the animals of the field. You shall be made to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomever he will.” This was fulfilled the same hour on Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from men, and ate grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the sky, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers, and his nails like birds’ claws. At the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honored him who lives forever; for his dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?” (Daniel 4:29-35 WEB)
God rules in the kingdom of men by His sovereign power. Nebuchadnezzar didn’t become a mighty king because he was the strongest, smartest or most gifted. God gave him that position and made it possible.
It’s not about how great you are, but about how gracious and powerful our God is. He can place you in a high position and supply you with all the grace you need to fulfill that role.
Without God’s blessing, the mighty king Nebuchadnezzar dressed in royal robes was reduced to a dirty madman, no better than an animal, living in the fields.
If you’re in a high position of influence and power, don’t think highly of yourself. You are placed there because of God’s grace and mercy towards you.
Try asking Him to withdraw His grace from your life and see how far down you’ll fall.
True humility is believing that you are utterly unprofitable in your own sinful flesh, but God has graciously blessed you with many good things. No credit to self but all glory to God.
I love how the passage above clearly displays the sovereignty of God.
He has the power to do whatever He wants—aren’t you glad that His true essence is love?
All the inhabitants of the earth united together against God are still counted as nothing compared to His overwhelming, infinite power!
Do you still think you are so important or great apart from God’s grace?
This amazing God who brought Nebuchadnezzar so low is the same God that came down in the form of a man to live like us and die a humiliating, cruel death on the cross.
Behold how humble, compassionate and loving Jesus is! He who has always been clothed with divine majesty and glory emptied Himself of that form and became like one of us!
“Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross. Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name;” (Philippians 2:5-9 WEB)
The highest, greatest Being stooped so low on purpose, allowing Himself to be executed like a worthless, cursed criminal. No wonder Abba God has highly exalted Him and given Him the name above every other name!
Dear brethren, the Gentile kings exalt themselves and suffer from a bad fall. But it shall not be so with you.
In God’s kingdom, kings serve in love and humility.
We will be rewarded by being highly exalted in the Millennium and beyond.
No matter what station God places you in this life, there is an abundance of grace available for you to thrive and glorify Him. Stay grounded in Grace and be humble, no matter how blessed you are in this mortal lifetime!
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