Today's Favorite Verse: Daniel 2:29-30
"As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart."
Prior to this I was reading in the Book of Mormon where Alma speaks to his son Shiblon. He was a faithful son, that had been persecuted for righteousness sake. One word of counsel he gave him was to be aware of pride.
"See that ye are not lifted up unto pride; yea, see that ye do not boast in your own wisdom, nor of your much strength."
(Alma 38:11)
I see that Daniel is careful in this also. If he would have desired to take credit for having wisdom in knowing Nebuchadnezzar's dream and interrupting it, the Lord would have never given it to him. He would have perished with all the other wise men of Babylon. Daniel could only be an instrument in the Lord's hand because he was humble. Pride is the only tool the adversary has to take a fully converted righteous man down. It is the only thing that can crack the armor of God around him. It is a crack that comes from within.
"And in nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things, and obey not his commandments."
(Doctrine and Covenants 59:21)
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