The Most High rules

And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will – Daniel 4.32

Nebuchadnezzar has highly exalted himself as the one who had built great Babylon. He was proud of himself.  But then God drove him to live in the fields like a wild beast until he learned something important.

The Most High God rules in the kingdom of men and He gives kingdoms to whomever He wills.

This can be a hard one to understand sometimes when we see all sorts of wicked ruler and evil nations. I admit that I don’t fully ‘get it.’ I don’t understand the rise of the Hitlers and the Stalins and the Pol Pots.

The reason is that I don’t see the mind of God. I don’t always understand His ways. Sometimes there are things that I just have to accept things by faith and trust that one day I will get it.

The truth is that God does allow governments to come to power and he allows them to fall. These are more of the effects of free will and broken people making decisions in a broken sin-cursed world.

The point here though is that leaders need to know that they are where they are because God allows it. It is not of their own skills or ability and nothing for them to be able to brag about.

And more importantly, those who lift themselves up, God is able to abase.