03/08/2025
*โIn the light of the Kingโs countenance is life.โ (Prov 16:15)*
The king gave a command that all the intelligent and promising young men should be brought together (Dan 1:3 and 4). He knew that among these captives there were men of far greater intelligence than any of his own people. It is a well-known fact that God has given the Jews extraordinary intelligence and ability. The Jews have always been an outstandingly clever race. The king of Babylon wanted to train these Jewish young men to hold high positions in his kingdom, and to use them to bring greater prosperity to Babylon.
These very same young men were used to defeat the purposes of the people of Babylon and instead bring deliverance to the captive Jews. That is how God works. He defeats the devil by using his own devices. I will give you an illustration. The Pharisees and the Saducees were always finding fault with the Lord Jesus and His words. The very same traps which they laid for the Lord became their pitfall. Once these men brought before the Lord a woman caught in the very act of sin ( John 8:4). According to the Law, she should be stoned. The Lord replied, โHe that is without any sin among you let him first cast a stone at her.โ This is how the Lord confounded them again and again.