May 10

Daniel 4:34‑35
 
“At the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation to generation: and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His hand, or say unto Him, What doest Thou?”— Daniel 4:34, 3534And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: 35And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? (Daniel 4:34‑35).
FAITH delights to contemplate the way in which God so overrules in the affairs of men and nations as to lead them to fulfill His will even when they think they are acting solely from the standpoint of their own selfish interests. In this way He uses one nation to chastise another because of its manifold iniquities and then in its turn that nation which had been His instrument is chastened by another group. This is the true philosophy of history which has been manifested through all the centuries of human government. It means much to realize this. It delivers the soul from worry and anxiety, enabling one to rest quietly in the assurance that the divine counsels will all be carried out however much Satan and his minions may seek to hinder. Isaiah wrote, “In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” And he who sees God’s hand in all the events of history knows that it is all His story.
“Blest be our everlasting Lord,
Our Father, God, and King,
Thy sov’reign goodness we record,
Thy glorious power we sing.
The kingdom, Lord, is Thine alone,
Who dolt Thy right maintain,
And, high on Thy eternal throne,
O’er men and angels reign.”
―Charles Wesley.