Sunday... He does it the right way...

Sunday... We seem to look at success and want to take the credit for it. We think we are the one who does it right but He is the One who does it the right way through us.

Daniel 4:37 (MSG) says, "Everything he (God) does is right," It doesn't say that everything we do is right, does it? "He knows how to turn a proud person into a humble man or woman."

I many times fight this urge to show that I have worth now that I am retired. And that can be a such a pride issue. But our worth doesn't come from being right does it? Everything we do is not right. That is where God's grace comes in, that is where humility comes in, that is where dependency comes in, that is where giving God credit comes in, that is where true worth comes in.

King Nebuchadnezzar here in this chapter in verse 29 (MSG), ". . . was walking on the balcony of the royal palace in Babylon and boasted, 'Look at this, Babylon the great! And I built it all by myself, a royal palace adequate to display my honor and glory!'" That sounds like us.

As soon as the words came out of his mouth God went to work to humble him. And verses 34-35 says, "After this time had passed, I Nebuchadnezzar, looked to heaven. My sanity returned, and I praised and worshiped the Most High and honored the one who lives forever. His rule is everlasting, and his kingdom is eternal. All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, 'What do you mean by doing these things?'"

Then verse 37 in the NLT, "Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor the King of heaven. All his acts are just and true and he is able to humble the proud."

Could it be that the pandemic is a way to humble us who have become proud? Could it be that we have taken the credit for what God has done in our lives, in our nation? Please God, remind us that everything you do is right. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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