Aug. 31 Devotion: The Writings on the Wall

The Writings on the Wall

Daniel 5:22-31

And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; [23] But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: [24] Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. [25] And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. [26] This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. [27] TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. [28] PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. [29] Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. [30] In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. [31] And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

In Daniel's day, the king received a message from God for telling his future. The message was a clear one; it was a permanent message. It would not be changed or reversed by someone higher in authority because there's no one higher in authority than God.

It was a powerful message. It caused him to be shaken to his very core because of whom the message was from. The message pointed out all the things that the king had done, and God was going to judge him. No one else would be held accountable for what he had done. The message came during the big party he had given to impress all his friends.

God has not only given the king a message but has given us a message too. God has given us a message from his Word. That it's appointed once for man to die and after this, the judgment. If you read the Bible, you see that judgment is just around the corner. The condition the world is in tells us that the return of the Lord is close. Wickedness is at an all-time high. Right is wrong, and wrong is right. Same-sex marriages are accepted here, but not with God. Friends keep looking up because the Lord Jesus is soon to come.

May God bless you,

Brother Ron Little