His works are true

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. – Daniel 4.37

At the very end of the account of Nebuchadnezzar it looks like he finally gets it right. It is the last we hear about him and it appears that he finally understands God. Without reservation he praises and extols the King of heaven. He realises that those rulers who walk in pride God is able to put down.

He also comes the understanding that all of God’s works are truth and that all of God’s ways are just. It took a lot for him to learn that, and it all started with the testimonies of four Jewish captives who chose to honour God in all their choices and decisions.

To a lost world God is not always going to make sense. Not everything makes sense in my sin limited human mind. That’s why it is vital that God’s people live lives where we consistently trust God no matter what comes our way.  

At the end of the day we want people to know, from our lives, that God’s works and true and His was is just. As a result of our contact with us we should desire that they too ‘praise and extol and honour the King of heaven.’