King Nebuchadnezzar has a dream. He insists the wise men (with whom Daniel has been placed and schooled) tell him the interpretation of the dream - without the benefit of being told what the dream was! In Daniel 2:17-30 we read that God reveals the dream and the dream's meaning to Daniel.
Verse 30 is interesting. I am surprised Daniel could say such words to the King and live. He tells King Nebuchadnezzar that the dream will allow him to "know the thoughts of your mind."
I have never been one to think that dreams reveal to us things we don't already know. I generally think of dreams as Daniel speaks of dreams - they reveal to us the thoughts which are already in our minds, but we would ignore or dismiss.
Persons sometimes ask me why I rise to early in the morning? These devotions are usually sent by 6:30, after my time of reading and prayer is complete. I rise early so that I might reflect on the thoughts of my mind - particularly those thoughts which I would prefer to ignore or dismiss. In these early morning hours, when there is a deep quiet all around me, it is easier to hear the voice of God and the message that God is sending to me.
We will read tomorrow about the King's dream. It was not something the King would have wanted to acknowledge. Today's message is really a question: Do you allow the thoughts of your mind to creep into the consciousness of your day? Or, as my prayer book once instructed me, have you so striven to hide them from others that you have also come to ignore them yourself?
Find time to be still. Listen. See what it is that you might not want to see but that which God wants you to see.
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