TRUE WITNESS

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TRUE WITNESS (Part Three (3))
THE ENEMY SET A TRAP FOR DANIEL
" Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrate before Daniel and commanded that they should present an offering and incense to him" Daniel 2:46

"In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your feet!” At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. 

When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, “The gods have come down to us in human form!” Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker. 

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: “Friends, why are you doing this? 

We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in it.Acts 14:8-17

King Nebuchadnezzar was worshipped as a god in Babylon and the Enemy tried to use the king to set a trap for Daniel. Although Daniel openly and boldly made the king and his people understand that there is a God in Heaven, who knows all things, the King still invited his people to offer incense and an offering to Daniel, he showed the intent of his heart by first felling down on his face, prostrating before Daniel in worship and then commanded his people to offer sacrifices.

Every man and woman truly used by God must watch out for this subtile trap of the Enemy. Naturally,  beneficiaries of the anointing on the Man/Woman of God will want to show appreciation and some go too far by seeing  the anointed Servant of God as the miracle worker instead of giving the glory to God.. 

Though Daniel witnessed to the King that there is a God in heaven, the king's attention was focused on Daniel as a god. 
But Daniel took the right stance by first giving an answer which obviously changed the King opinions as stated by some Bible commentaries on this story and then  asked the  promotion intended for him be transferred to his friends who are obviously his prayer partners then  Daniel returned to his duty post at the gate in the palace .

This same scenario unfolded with Paul and Barnabas in Lustra when they healed a lame man.

 The people of the city moved to offer sacrifices to Paul and Barnabas as they did to their gods Zeus and Hermes.

 But these Apostles took a drastic step to correct the people and made them understand that they were only representatives of Christ, anointed to.continue with the Jesus mandate on earth and should not be elevated as gods or worshipped.

Every man and woman is created with the capacity to worship God and intend to worship anything they can see that exhibits the attributes of a supernatural being even if they are anointed Servants of God.

 The Book of Revelation 4 states ;
' They lay their crowns before the throne and say: “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

We must always be careful to point the attention of men to Christ at all.times and ensure they never see you as the Miracle worker.

Daniel by his action of returning to the gate showed the king that he was not ready to take the glory due to the Alnighty- the revealer of secrets to himself. Then King Nebuchadnezzar made the following statement 

 "The king said to Daniel, “Surely your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery. ” Daniel 2:44-45

That is the purpose of all gifts and calling: that all men and women may know the God of our LORD Jesus Christ as the Only True God.

A.l. Hephzibah

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