“But there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head upon your bed, were these:”
Daniel 2:28

Daniel 2 is a wonderful chapter; it is really the beginning of the prophecy that the entire book of Daniel unfolds. There is much to learn from a prophetic point of view, but we want to focus on several other lessons that emphasize the phrase But God.

As I read through this chapter, I am amazed that God chose to reveal His thoughts through an ungodly Gentile king. While that is true, only one who was part of the faithful remnant could interpret Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. All the king’s magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and Chaldeans could not interpret the dream. This reminds us that the wisdom of men cannot compare to the wisdom of God.

We see this perfectly displayed at the Cross:

“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.’ Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness, but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.” (1 Cor. 1:18–25)

God’s wisdom sets aside the wisdom of man entirely. What man’s wisdom cannot accomplish, God’s wisdom is more than able to achieve—often using humble instruments, such as a captive named Daniel. When Daniel reveals the dream, he tells the king where he was when he received it, when it happened, what the dream was, who it was from, and why it was given (vv. 29–30).

For the king and his servants, the future was unknown and uncertain. But the one who trusts in the God of heaven can say with assurance, “But there is a God in heaven.” He has a purpose, and He has a plan!

Anchor For Today:
Like Daniel, you can rest in the God who is in heaven – He is sovereign over all.