09/26/20 THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD #17 — Daniel 5:18-20(CSB) “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave sovereignty, GREATNESS, glory, and majesty to your predecessor Nebuchadnezzar. 19 Because of the GREATNESS he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages were terrified and fearful of him. He killed anyone he wanted and kept alive anyone he wanted; he exalted anyone he wanted and humbled anyone he wanted. 20 But when his heart was exalted and his spirit became arrogant, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken from him.”

Daniel was explaining to King Belshazzar of Babylon the meaning of “The Handwriting on the Wall” (more tomorrow). He reminded the king that God was the source of Nebuchadnezzar’s “greatness”; but when the king became arrogant and conceited, God had removed him. The same thing, only worse, was about to happen to Belshazzar—the very night!

Many of our powerful political and religious leaders—perhaps many of the rest of us as well—need to heed this warning and learn this lesson. There are NO “Self-Made Men.” God Himself raises up those with whom He is pleased and removes those who disobey and rebel against him.