09- 19- 10 MI DAILY DEVOTION (Daniel 3: 3; 7)
THE ANCIENT WAR IN IRAQ
3- Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 7- Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Babel was first mention in (Genesis 11: 9) “Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.” Babylon means Confusion. It was in this place where men tried to reach heaven by their own means. The Babylonians tried to make and start their own man- made religion. Iraq is the ancient Babylon. It was in ancient Babylon where God showed men that He is the ruling God. He rules in the heart of men and He rules in the kingdom of men. God is in control of everything. He just allows men to use their human power and wisdom to rule a Country or a kingdom. (I Chronicles 29: 11) “Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.” (Psalm 31:5) and (Luke 1: 68) “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,” (Galatians 3: 13) “Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:” He is the God who redeem and He redeemed us from death and sin. God redeemed us from the punishment of Hell and from hopelessness. God also redeemed us from the hands of the enemy. He redeemed us from the hand of our own king which is selfishness and greed. He is the God who able to restore us. God is able to restore the broken relationship that we have. He is the only one who can restore any marred or broken relationship. It could be with your husband/wife, children, parents, friends, church or Pastor. God is also able to restore the backslidden soldier/s of God. Anyone who had drifted from the faith can be restored by His grace and by the Blood of the Lamb. (Nehemiah 5: 11) “Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.” God is able to restore our strength from weakness and being powerless. Check out the testimony of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego: (Daniel 3: 17) (Psalm 95: 3) “For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 4- In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. 5- The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. 6- O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.”
