Well he can’t say he wasn’t warned can he? Previous to this reading Daniel had interpreted a dream for the king warning that if he didn’t buck up his attitude then he was for the high jump. But oh no King dumbo just ignored the warning and actually started boasting even more how great he was. Have you ever ignored a warning from God? I’m reminded of the scene in the film Bruce Almighty when he is asking God for a sign and a truck with a load of signs pulls out in front of him. The signs all point in one direction, but Bruce is so busy slagging God off that his misses the warnings and crashes his car. Yep that would be me, some times I am so busy running around wondering what God would have me do, that I miss the signs and crash my life. How about you? So what should the king have done? What should I do? What should you do? Perhaps we should just slow down, let our foot off the accelerator peddle for a while and wait. No need to text our mates straight away, no need to turn on the TV, the minute we get in. No need to jump onto the computer the second we have a spare minute. Maybe we could take a moment to wait on God and see if he has sent us a sign. Here’s a revolutionary idea, we could even ask him to speak to us, and then sit silent for a while so that we don’t miss it, when he does.
