4:17
The king seems to know that the message came from the Most High, and he wanted the people to know about it. Too often we make judgements on people, making our assessment of how likely or unlikely they are to come to know Christ. We need to realise that our judgements in these matters are virtually worthless! God is God! He can encounter anyone He likes, and when anyone encounters the living God they are going to be changed. Nebuchadnezzar realises that God is sovereign over all the kingdoms of the earth, and it is He who decides who has power and who does not.
4:18
So the king has told Daniel his dream. Here he addresses Daniel by his Babylonian name, Belteshazzar. The various wise men had failed to interpret it, but he knows tha Daniel can, “because the spirit of the holy gods” was in him.
4:19
Daniel obviously had received some insight into the dream and he didn’t like what God had shown him. “His thoughts terrified him”. Living by faith and walking in step with the Spirit does not mean that we will never be terrified by our thoughts. Apparently the king noticed that Daniel was not happy, and so he reassured Daniel. Help and support can come from the most unlikely sources! Why should a pagan king be of help to a faithful man in seeking to do the will of God? But he was. Daniel was terrified because the consequences of the dream were not good for the king.
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