Verses: Daniel 11 : 1 - 45
My thoughts about the
verses:
When we first look at
this chapter we can see that this is an account of what would befall the Jewish
Community. They would face leadership
changes. They would face rulers that
would do things to destroy their way of life.
They would be forced into fights and battles to protect what was theirs. Yet, in the end they would be defeated by the
greatest of these new rulers. Yet, this
rule would come to an end also through the power of God.
I want us to look at
this in a much broader sense. Many of us
face struggles day to day that push us to put God second. It isn’t that we necessarily want that, but
because of the pressures of society leads us to step away from God. Yet, when we turn our lives back over to God
our life changes for the good. Our faith
is renewed and we are led into a new light.
I also want us to think
about the ultimate obstacle that will come to us in our life. One day the antichrist will come to claim the
Earth. The fact is that this chapter
gives us advice of the way to live in a society overrun by people that are not
living God’s will. It is about facing
that moment when the antichrist interacts with us. It teaches us what we need to do to go
forward.
See people have this
feeling that the antichrist will, or has, taken over the world. The signs are in the air. The end of time draws near and we have to
accept the end of the world. Yet, this
chapter teaches us that we must live each day in the light of the God. We need to not worry about the battle that
will occur between God and the antichrist.
The antichrist is not strong enough to overtake the world. God will and the antichrist will finally meet
the doom that has been predicted since the beginning of time.
We need to live every
day following God. We need to share the
love of God daily. Instead, of worrying
about what might happen in the end of time we need to worry about what is
happening today. We need to praise God
with all of our heart. We need not worry
if the antichrist will tempt us. As long,
as we live we need to faithfully serve God.
People are so afraid of
the end of life that they spend much of their life trying to find a way for
life to continue. Yet, if you have God
in your life you should not worry about the future. Have you ever witnessed someone dying that
believed in God? They not only believed
in God, but were faithful servants to God.
I can tell you that I
have witnessed several people in my life that died who were ready to meet their
Savior. The one person that stands out
in my mind is my Great Grandmother. She could
only read the Bible and sign her name. I
always say that it wasn’t that you could read the Bible that she had memorized
the Bible from front to back and was able to share at any time. She lived a life where she gave herself to
God to use her to help other people.
She spent most of her
life taking care of women that were delivering babies. She was a midwife that delivered hundreds of children
in her community. God used her
faithfulness to show others love as she helped them through this difficult time
in their life. She was able to
experience the joy of new life take that first breath. She told me that it was in those moments that
she felt the miracle that was God.
She lived to be hundred
and eight years old. She had seen many
wars that had led to some of her children, grandchildren, and great
grandchildren take on uniforms and go into battle for their country. She did not get mad at God because her
children were facing harm. Instead she
opened her life up to prayers and asked God to protect them as they were
serving the country.
As she got older and
older she started talking about that moment that she would go home. She was living with my grandmother and I got
to spend a lot of time with her. I was
able to see a humble woman that was ready to go to her maker. She had no fear of death.
In fact, the day she
died there was a since of peace. Peace
because we knew that her soul had gone to Heaven and she was finally able to
sing praises continually to God. Her faithfulness showed to us all that it didn’t
matter what struggles she experienced her faith was enduring.
It was a much different
funeral than I had ever been to. She had
lived so long that she had eight generations of relatives in her life. The funeral home was filled by so many of our
kin. Instead of sadness felling the
place there was a sense of peace and happiness.
People were sharing their stories.
Many of those stories involved her faith and kindness.
People from the whole
community came and showed respect to this wonderful woman. In fact, many of those that came were once
children that she had helped bring into this world. Her presence throughout their life had helped
them come to accept Jesus in their life.
There were no bad words spoken about her for all knew that she could
only remember of her kindness, her selfless giving and her faith.
I would challenge anyone
to live a life like this. It is amazing
how you can change the way people think when your life in your faith. When you show people kindness and selfless
giving you are showing the world the love of God. We all know the end of the world will
come. We all know that we will die and join
our maker. Instead of worrying about
this I encourage all people to life their faith to the fullest. We need to offer up praises to God. We need ask God to use you to be an
instrument of love.
Imagine your family at
your funeral. Everyone that comes is
talking about your faithfulness. How one
day you gave those clothes and food and changed their life. The day you prayed for their health and it
led to a miracle. We should want this
peace for our family. We should be
striving every day to live in God’s peace and love so that when the end of your
time comes you are ready. In fact you
are so ready that you do not fight that last moment. You are ready to serve God because you have
no doubt that you will join the maker.
Is this not what all of us want in the end of time?
Prayer:
God we praise you for
your blessings in our life. We worship
you because you are worthy of our praise we thank you for never abandon
us. Help us to stay focused on you. Help us forget about the way to stall the
end. Instead ready our heats by faithfulness
and love so that we will desire to go home and worship you. In the name of the Great Comforter we
pray. Amen
Questions:
Have you turned your life over to the Comforter? Have you accepted the love that is God? Are you living your faithfulness? In the end of time, will people remember you
for your service to God? What do you
need to do today to change the way your life it so that it will be more like
what God wants for you?
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