MIDWEEK MEDITATION

13 “I saw in the visions of my head as I lay in bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven. 14 He proclaimed aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and lop off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts flee from under it and the birds from its branches. 15 But leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, amid the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of heaven. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth. 16 Let his mind be changed from a man's, and let a beast's mind be given to him; and let seven periods of time pass over him. 17 The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.’

                                                Daniel 4:13-17

When they looked up, all they could see were branches. When he looked down, all he could see was himself. 

Nebuchadnezzar looked over the grandeur of Babylon and believed that it was all by him and all for him. His pride and arrogance deceived him into thinking that he was the source and purpose for everything. But he had forgotten something. There is a King of Kings – One who is the true source of all life, from Kings to the birds of the air. In Him, everything finds its purpose. All of us, Nebuchadnezzar included, need to learn that there are more than branches overhead and to give all honor and glory to the ruler of Heaven and Earth. 

What do you see when you look up?