Weighed on the Scales, Responding with Prayer : Part 1

Weighed on the Scales, Responding with Prayer
with Dr. Morris Hunter Daniel 5:22 'But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this.

AoPPW Devotion : Pick a scriptural devotion to meditate on during any day
especially when you have a period of fasting.

Note here that King Belshazzar was given heads up advice from heaven .
Heaven had been watching everything and
weighing how he used his days, the days of his reign.

King Belshazzar's response was interesting.
He evidently recognized the truth of Daniel's interpretation.
At the same time, there is no indication of repentance.
No fasting, prayer and weeping, just an offer to pay and reward Daniel.
Daniel in the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, declined the offer.
It was too little too late anyway.

The Fall of Babylon (Verses 29-30)
The prophecy is dark, but Belshazzar honors Daniel for the truth of the word.
Heaven is true to it's word.
That very night, Belshazzar is killed, and Darius the Mede takes over the kingdom.

The writing is on the wall , literally.
A supernatural event in the grand palace of King Belshazzar should tell everyone everywhere in the earth that Heaven IS watching
the affairs and choices we all make.
No one escapes being weighed by Heaven.

The hand without a body attached. The writing on the wall may sound like something from a horror movie but the scripture tells us it was very real.
The event which followed was evidence of just how real this incredible story is.
The fall of this real king of history, is a real fact of history.

Daniel 5 was an unprecedented happening God used to underscore the consequences of pride, disrespect toward God,
and the importance of acknowledging His sovereignty.
Don't forget here however, the good news is better than good,
its great if we understand.
Getting a warning in advance from Heaven is a blessing .
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.

Our response should be to pray when we get such warnings.
People get these messages, cautions and warning in Dreams at night.
In this great Chapter 33 of the Book of JOB
we are told that humans fail to recognize what God is saying in "night visions".
In this light now, consider what is being said in Job 33:14

¹⁴ For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not .
¹⁵ In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men , in slumberings upon the bed;
¹⁶ Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
¹⁷ That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
¹⁸ He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.
¹⁹ He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
²⁰ So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
²¹ His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
²² Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.
²³ If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness:
²⁴ Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
²⁵ His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth:
²⁶ He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him : and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness.
²⁷ He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
²⁸ He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.
²⁹ Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man ,
³⁰ To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

I like to say it this way: as you reach new levels, you get new devils.
The Bible calls the enemy of our souls and the accuser is quite real. He is the original hater, and hes old school. He wants to kill you!

The only way to fight haters is by going to the One who is Love, and the only way to handle your successes is the same as the troubleson your knees in humble prayer.

When we Fast Like Daniel, we trust God to handle our haters, and we let our all-powerful God handle the devil.

'Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. So they went to the king and spoke to him about his royal decree: Did you not publish a decree that during the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human being except to you, Your Majesty, would be thrown into the lions den? The king answered, The decree standsin accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed. Then they said to the king, Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, Your Majesty, or to the decree you put in writing. He still prays three times a day. When the king heard this, he was greatly distressed; he was determined to rescue Daniel and made every effort until sundown to save him.

Daniel 6:11-14

https://my.bible.com/bible/111/ DAN.6.11-14

Daniel 5:22-28 (NIV)

'But you, Belshazzar, his son, have not humbled yourself, though you knew all this. Instead, 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. Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.

This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin Here is what these words mean:

Daniel 5:22-28

https://my.bible.com/bible/111/ DAN.5.22-28

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