Daniel 5-6

September 21

Daniel 5-6

There are a lot of people who mock God. Many say they do not believe in God and that the bible is a story book filled with myths passed down through the generations. Belshazzar had no fear of God and mocked Him as he drank with his friends. He decided to bring the goblets that had come from the temple which had been dedicated and set aside for holy purposes. As Belshazzar drank from the goblets fingers appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall.

God was not playing games with Belshazzar and his rebellion against God. Daniel told Belshazzar; "you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways." (Daniel 5:23, NIV) God overthrew Belshazzar’s kingdom and he died when the Mede’s took over the kingdom.

There are people today who mock God. Some do it blatantly; others play games by acting one way on Sunday and another way the rest of the week. God does not play our games. He knows our hearts. He wants a relationship with us, but if we try to fool Him, we will face the consequences. God holds our lives in His hands, we either turn to Him and walk in obedience to Him or we face eternal condemnation. The stakes are high but God allows us to choose; our choice now decides our eternal destiny.