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lesson from the field hay

Daniel 4:28-33 (JDV)

Daniel 4:28 All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel 4:29 At the end of twelve months, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace in Babylon,
Daniel 4:30 the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great that I have built to be a royal residence by my vast power and for my majestic honor?”
Daniel 4:31 While the words were still in the king’s mouth, a voice came from the sky: “King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared that the kingdom has departed from you.
Daniel 4:32 You will be driven away from people to live with the wild animals, and you will feed on grass like cattle. Seven times will pass over you until you acknowledge that the Highest is ruler over mortal human kingdoms, and he gives them to anyone he wants.”
Daniel 4:33 At that moment the message against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mortal humans. He ate grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until his hair grew like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

lesson from the field hay

Unless we learn the message from the field hay, we are in danger of being reduced to eating grass. Jesus taught us to notice how God takes care of the grass. He said:

Matthew 6:30 But if God so clothes the field hay, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

We need to repent and turn back to God — to stop living under the illusion that we are in control.