That night the secret was revealed to Daniel
in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven. He said, "Praise the name
of God forever and ever, for he has all wisdom and power. He controls the
course of world events; He removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives
wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars. He reveals deep and
mysterious things and knows what lies hidden in darkness, though He is
surrounded by light. I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors, for you have
given me wisdom and strength. You have told me what we asked of you and
revealed to us what the king demanded." Daniel 2:19-23
Daniel got his wisdom from God in a vision
at night—and I don’t think his vision was from some strange food he ate for
dinner. Have you ever eaten something that gave you insomnia, indigestion or
weird dreams? Spicy foods are reported to give people weird dreams—but if you
don’t remember the dream then can you really blame it on the food? Sometimes we
just can’t recall our dreams—just have a vague idea that disturbs us. It may have
seemed surreal to the king, but I think that maybe King Nebuchadnezzar couldn’t
remember his dream, so that is why he wanted the wise men to tell him the
dream…and what it meant. Daniel did just that because God empowered him to have
that ability to explain that prophetic dream.
Daniel acknowledges that the wisdom for the
dream interpretation in from God who is all powerful and wise. He praise and
thanks God. In verse 27 Daniel begins to explain to King Nebuchadnezzar about
the mystery of the king’s dream. In verse 30 Daniel tells the king that the
purpose for his ability to interpret the dream is for the king to understand
it. Dreams, even after they are interpreted or explained, can be just
mysterious. King Nebuchadnezzar
continued to have more dreams. Read on in Daniel for another strange story
depicted in a later dream. Have you had any mysterious, prophetic or wonderful
dreams lately? Eating any spicy foods that you can blame on those sleepy
visions?
Prayer
~ Lord, may You give us all sweet dreams that bring You glory and honor.
Friday’s
Feast at the King’s Table
Daniel would have avoided the king’s rich
foods included fatty meats, alcoholic beverages and those with hidden caffeine,
like chocolate. Those rich foods are likely just what the king did eat. Food
that help you sleep are those that contain tryptophan, like dairy foods, nuts,
seeds, bananas, honey and eggs. When
combined with carbohydrates more tryptophans are released into the blood, so
cheese and crackers for a bedtime snack. So choose your favorite cheese…like cheddar
(white, yellow, sharp, mild), swiss, mozzarella, provolone, cottage cheese,
puti, limburger (now that might instill some strange visions), feta, asiago,
Jarlsberg, Castelo Branco, Tzfat, Anejo, or Colby or cream cheese. There are so
many from all different countries in the world—and from different animals…cow,
sheep, goat or yak. Crackers or toast are the same…too many to choose from.
Everyone has their favorite. Enjoy a little snack. Sweet dreams.
© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT)
unless otherwise noted.
Biblical search from Blue Letter Bible - http://v3.blueletterbible.org/search.cfm
No comments:
Post a Comment