Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,
praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
Whose works are all faithful and right
and Whose ways are just.
And those who walk in pride
He is able to abase and humble.
Daniel 4:37 Amplified
This man had been through years of base living as a beast and grave delusion of mind.
Nebuchadnezzar had been humiliated beyond imagination and suffered being lost even from himself. For seven desolate years he was separated from people and position, from everything he had.
Yet at the end of it, he honored God as innocent of any wrong toward him, praised and even exalted Him. He declared that God has been faithful to correct him. Right in His assessment of him. Just to punish him! The ...
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Now I, Nebuchadnezzar,
praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
Whose works are all faithful and right
and Whose ways are just.
And those who walk in pride
He is able to abase and humble.
Daniel 4:37 Amplified
This man had been through years of base living as a beast and grave delusion of mind.
Nebuchadnezzar had been humiliated beyond imagination and suffered being lost even from himself. For seven desolate years he was separated from people and position, from everything he had.
Yet at the end of it, he honored God as innocent of any wrong toward him, praised and even exalted Him. He declared that God has been faithful to correct him. Right in His assessment of him. Just to punish him! The core of the king’s problem was recognized: pride! God had won the battle of ‘who is God.’ The king was completely defeated and glad of it. Peace of soul at last!
Seeing God as King of heaven is the end of pride.
Resigning as god is the beginning of humility.
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