Daniel 1-6

One of the great mysteries for me in this section of Daniel is how Nebuchadnezzar and Darius both acknowledged the power of Daniel's God. They even expected God to protect and save Daniel and made proclamations that commanded the people to fear Daniel's God. But they still always refer to "the God of Daniel" and do absolutely nothing to make God their own personal God. Unfortunately, that seems to be pretty common in our culture today, too.

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Lamentations

God did exactly what He warned the people He was going to do. But instead of listening to Him, the people chose to listen to false prophets who told them everything was going to be OK.

I feel like our country is in a similar situation today, God's Word is still true, but so many people chose to ignore it and listen to those who justify rebelling against God in the name of tolerance and compassion. But that is not compassion at all since it invites God's judgment.

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