Daniel for Adults!

Today William Taylor continued his new series of talks on the book of Daniel. Last week we looked at chapter one and this Sunday we covered chapter two. What I find enormously encouraging is how faithful God is to his promises. Great empires come and go, nations rise and fall but God remains constant and those who put their trust in him are secure.

The great statue which depicted a whole sequence of mighty empires is ultimately overwhelmed by a rock not cut by human hand and the remnants of these empires are blown away like so much chaff in the breeze.
Where is babylon now? In a room belonging to the British Museum! In my own life time an empire like the Soviet Union - which seemed such a monolithic power at the time - vanished overnight. The recent financial crisis is a warning to us that God doesn't owe the west anything either. The veneer of civilisation we naively think is so secure is anything but. All such confidence is vanity.

Thank God that he stays true to his promises though. Are you going to build on the rock or on something else?