Defiant
Read Daniel 5.1-4
“.. they brought in the gold goblets .. from the temple of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them ..” (Dan.5.3)
Power (as well as drink) can go to the head. This later king of Babylon, subsequent to Nebuchadnezzar, presumed to be dismissive and contemptuous of the LORD. He would shortly discover just how foolish a move that was. God is not mocked (Gal.6.7).
How does the desire to impress others affect the way you behave?
Do you rightly ‘hallow’ the things of God – His name, His day, His people …?
Prayer: Father, may Your Name be hallowed by me through today: may Your kingdom be hastened by all I say and do: may Your will be done in all my living