NaBloPoMo - Blog Post #10

"All the peoples of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he pleases with the powers of heaven and the peoples of the earth. No one can hold back his hand or say to him: “What have you done?”" - Daniel 4:35

Awesome words spoken by King Nebuchadnezzar. I came across this verse while I was going my "read through the bible in a year" plan, and I was reading through Daniel. Daniel is one of Evan's favorite books of the bible, so I paid careful attention while I was reading so I could figure out why.
Read the verse again. Really think about what it says. To give you a little background, Nebuchadnezzar had just been thinking to himself how great he was, because he had built the city of Babylon for his own glory. That was when God spoke directly to him and basically said, "now you see it, now you don't." God took everything away from him. All his riches, his authority, and his entire kingdom was taken away in one fell swoop, and God made him go eat like the oxen, and he became like a beast. After that was all over, Nebuchadnezzar spoke these wise words because he finally understood the fullness of God's power. God is in control of everything. There is nothing anyone on earth can do to hold back his hand, or to try and convince him that his plan is not the best plan. There is nothing anyone can say to make God change his mind. Not even if all the people in all the world got together and said, "God we really don't agree with [fill in the blank]." God would say, "That's nice, but it's still my Word, and it's not changing."
It's true that God does things that we may not agree with, or that we may not even like, but it's GOD! He is in total control, and no one can hold back his hand. I absolutely love this verse.