S) "27 Then I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up again and carried on the king’s business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was none to explain it."
Daniel 8:27 (NASB)
O) Daniel had begun seeing visions of end-times events, but they were confusing - even to a man who was given great understanding and wisdom about dream interpretation. By the end of the visions and dreams, Daniel's spiritual journey had greatly affected his physical body. In the end, he was determined to resume his life, to get things going. He didn't succumb to the depression that threatened to overtake him. He got up and carried on his work. The most surprising part to me, and perhaps the most important element, were the last six words, "there was none to explain it." The issue was unresolved. He determined to continue, despite a lack of closure on the subject.
A) This is a great encouragement to continue my life, in days of struggles, trials, or hardships. Whether spiritual or physical, there are always going to be things that come up against me. There will be exhaustion, there will be sickness, there will be life happening to me. It's great when there are resolutions, and those certainly help me move forward with my life, and to move on from things. But, Daniel's experience is a reminder to press on, even without the dust settling. There is still my actual employment, my job to do. I will still be a husband, or father, or brother... I will still be a son of my Father God. He will always have work for me to do, and so I will get up and carry on the King's business.
P) Father, it is only by Your Spirit, and the grace You have given me, that I am able to face trials and struggles of every kind. There is work to be done, in a war that is waging. You told us that the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but spiritual. Even still, that fight can be physically exhausting. Let this example of Daniel's resolve, be an encouragement to me. Whatever may come against me, even continually against me, will not stop me from arising each morning, to do the work of my Father God. I will carry on my King's business. In Jesus's name I pray. Amen.
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