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Our Faces and Our Finances
Today’s Audio Devotion:
Our Faces and Our Finances
Are you cheerful today? Joseph Addison said, “Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.” Perhaps Addison was inspired by Proverbs 15:15: “All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast” (NIV). We should ask the Lord to help us obey the words of Jesus in Matthew 9:2: “Be of good cheer.” A cheerful heart brings a brightness to our faces—and to our finances. When we’re cheerful, our world is happier, and that includes the world of our giving.
Oh, thank God that He gives to us so that we, in turn, can give to others! What a joy! What a privilege! What an opportunity to lay up treasure in heaven. All we have is from Him, and we give Him simply that which is His own.
The famous Bible commentator John Gill said that a cheerful giver is one who gives freely and with a pleasant countenance. Our gifts to God should all be given with smiles!
A cheerful heart is an anchor in the storm and a lamp in the night.
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Some 2,600 years ago, God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream. In this dream, the king saw a five–part statue made of five different metals (see Daniel 2). Each section represented an empire, beginning with Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon. Four of these empires have already risen and fallen in history—a clear fulfillment of Daniel's prophetic interpretation. The fifth and final empire indicates a future Europe—a ten nation coalition that will unite under the Antichrist's rule.
You can read about the King's dream and Daniel's interpretation in Daniel 2, but let's take a quick visual look at what you will find:
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King Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon
Daniel's words to the king are clear. "You are this head of gold" (Daniel 2:37–38).
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Medo–Persian Empire
The Medo–Persian Empire conquered Babylon in 539 BC and remained in power for approximately two hundred years (Daniel 5:28).
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Grecian Empire
Greece's Empire succeeded the Medo–Persians (Daniel 8:21).
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Roman Empire
When the Grecian empire was conquered by Rome, all the lands and peoples of the previous kingdoms were assimilated into the Roman Empire through the strengths of the "iron legions of Rome" (Daniel 2:40).
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Future European Coalition
This empire has not yet risen. Daniel foretells a time when the Roman Empire—Europe—will consist of ten kingdoms or leaders. The future Roman Empire will be present on the earth when God sets up His earthly kingdom (Daniel 2:44).