Day 1
Grandiose Thinking
Bible Reading: Daniel 4:19-33
We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves
could restore us to sanity.
When we’re caught up in our addiction, it’s common for
us to deceive ourselves with grandiose thinking. We
may believe that we’re above it all, a god unto ourselves,
accountable to no one.
In his day, Nebuchadnezzar, king of ancient Babylon, was
the most powerful ruler on earth. He believed himself to be a god
and demanded worship as such. God said to him, “The Most High
has declared . . . [that] you will be driven from human society, and
you will live in the fields with the wild animals . . . until you learn
that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world and gives
them to anyone he chooses” (Daniel 4:24-25).
All this happened just as predicted. At the end of the
king’s time in exile, he said, “I . . . looked up to heaven. My sanity
worshiped the Most High and honored returned, and I praised and w
. the one who lives forever. . . . When my sanity returned to me, so
did my honor and glory and kingdom . . . with even greater honor
than before. Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and glorify and honor
acts are just and true, and he is able to the King of heaven. All his a4
:34, 36-37). humble the proud” (Daniel 4hWe must remember that we are not God. We’re accountable
to a higher Power who can remedy our “madness” and restore our
lives to be even better than before our season of insanity.
God is not going to shape our lives until we
acknowledge him as God
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