The Hand Writing On the Wall

 

“As they drank the wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver,

of bronze, iron, wood and stone.

Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace.

The king watched the hand as it wrote. His face turned pale and he was so

frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.”

Daniel 5:4-6

 

 

Well, well, well, I thought Gods’ spoke only in deep, deep octaves to an attentive and adoring crowd?

Certainly not so this case, was it?

The king and his fellow partyers were anything but fans of the God of Israel.

But fans or not, He spoke to them in a most unconventional way.

Although it was not as straightforward as a Prophet coming and delivering a message from God, there can be no doubt that it surely was sent from heaven to impact those who witnessed it.

And it had a knee-knocking result.  

Sometimes God speaks in ways we might consider crazy or wild.

Like the message we read today.

There is rare of course but it is a method God may use to speak to others.

We are accustomed to hearing God speak to us from His Word.

While that is certainly the primary way He chooses to communicate to us it is by no means His only way.

Let’s hope He can get your attention before needing to make it as plain as the writing on the wall!