Read: Daniel 4:1-37: 2 Peter 1:1-21; Psalm 119:97-112: Proverbs 28:17-18
King Nebuchadnezzar had another dream and none of his wise men could interpret it so he went to Daniel who he had named Belteshazzar. Daniel means “judge” but Belteshazzar means “lord of the straitened treasure”.
The dream was of a tree in the middle of the land that was enormous. A holy one called from heaven to cut down the tree and just leave the stump and its roots remain. The tree was to live with the animals and plant and his mind would change from that of a man to the mind of an animal. It would stay that way till seven years passed.
Daniel had to tell the king that he was the tree and it would happen to him just as he dreamed until he realized that God was the King of Kings and that heaven rules, not earth. Immediately, Nebuchadnezzar went mad and was driven away from the people to live in the field. He ate grass like cattle and his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails grew like the claws of a bird.
At the end of the seven years, Nebuchadnezzar’s sanity was restored, he acknowledged that God was the King over the eternal kingdom and he was given back his throne on earth.
Peter reminds us that God’s power gives us everything we need for life and godliness through his divine nature that we have.
Lord, may we walk in the divine nature of Christ today.
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