Daniel and forgetting the past

Belshazzar should have known better.

As the grandson of Nebuchadnezzar, and claiming Nebuchadnezzar as his father, Belshazzar should have known what happens to those who mess with the God of Israel.

But he did not remember the past. His focus was on his own enjoyment and security as the enemy was blocked out by the walls that his fathers had built. He was safe, and foolish.

So many of our church people today are in trouble because they do not know the past works of God, and therefore can not learn from their mistakes and victories. The Holiness of God is exchanged for the moral definitions of the present, and so we become blind to the enemy that is creeping under the walls to destroy us.

Look to the old stories - not for amusement, but to learn of our God.

Pastor Wayne