Moving Mountains Chapter 11
From Chapter 11 in Moving Mountains by John Eldredge "Pressure nearly always guarantees you will have a hard time discerning what God is saying, if you hear anything at all. Pressure clenches up your heart and soul and ties all your insides in rubber band knots. Daniel appears to understand this. His first move is to buy himself some time to go and pray about it." It was a double whammy week for me with the Lord using two sources to take me to the book of Daniel to remember two different lessons. In Moving Mountains the lesson related to needing wisdom/guidance from the Lord. In Daniel chapter 2, Daniel is in a tough spot as King Nebuchadnezzar wants a dream interpreted and has told his regular staff of "wise men" since they can't do it they will be killed. Ugh, no pressure guys. Well, there was no pressure for Daniel, because he knew the source of all wisdom and dream interpretation. There are a couple really wise things Daniel does, before just jumping