When God clearly shows His mercy in healing you or a loved one of some terrible affliction, when He mends a broken relationship, or when He brings to pass something for which you have so urgently prayed, you are not only taught by the text before us today to give thanks to the Lord for graciously hearing and answering your prayer, but also to exalt Him and glorify Him for His greatness. Consider these two elements in the healing of the 10 lepers (and the one leper who returned to give thanks to Jesus, Luke 17:15-16).
Why make such a big deal out of this, that we are not only to thank God, but also to bless God and exalt Him? Because this is what we are to taught in God's Word (Psalm 34:3; Psalm 103:1-2). Blessing God, exalting Him, and magnifying Him is different from merely thanking Him. Thanking the Lord is an expression of gratitude for a benefit received, but praising Him is exalting Him for who He is and what He has done. It is taking a magnifying glass with our thoughts and words to declare His greatness.
In the text before us today, we are taught to be thankful to the Lord for His answered prayer, but we are also taught to declare His greatness as well. The main points from our text are: (1) The King's Dream Revealed (Daniel 2:19); (2) The Wisdom and Might of God Exalted (Daniel 2:20-22); (3) The Thankful Heart of Daniel Expressed (Daniel 2:23).
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