Daniel 7:28 “This is the end of the interpretation. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts terrified me greatly, and my face turned pale, but I kept the matter to myself.”
For context on today’s entry, you really should read the entire chapter of Daniel 7. It is a vision that God gave Daniel regarding the end times. There were crazy looking beasts, the Lord on the throne, fire, talking horns, and all kinds of other crazy stuff. Thankfully, Daniel had the guts to ask the Lord the meaning of this vision. Otherwise, we would still be speculating today. It was a lot to handle, a lot to see. And Daniel ends his recount of it by saying, “that freaked me out.”
Do the things of God ever freak you out? If so, you are not alone. You see, God is extremely “other.” That’s really the best way I can put it. He is not a human with a human brain – he made the human and the human brain. And He is not entirely known by us. He is in many ways a mystery: unseen and untouchable. If our life is a bucket of water, He is the ocean. He is huge, vast, deep, and exists beyond the horizon.
Not only does His very Being freak us out a little, so do the things He shows us or asks us to do. He asks us to take steps of faith, to believe in miracles, to seek the power of the Holy Spirit. And it all gets a little freaky as it goes beyond our control. It gets a little scary when our minds can’t comprehend it. But that’s our God. He is my Savior and my Lord. He is larger than any problem I will ever face. His grace runs deeper than my sin and His forgiveness is like a well that never runs out. He is beyond me; He freaks me out. Yet I throw my whole life into Him and trust Him with everything I’ve got. Will you do the same today?
Abundant Life 