Daniel 1 The book opens with the city of

Daniel 1

The book opens with the city of Jerusalem taken. This is devastation, humiliation, that the people of God are overruled by the people of the world.
On the surface it looked like Nebuchadnezzar had all the power.
BUT God was and is always in control.
Daniel knew it. God’s Word told him so.
He was a student of Jeremiah the prophet (chapter 9 will show this).
They began to build houses and settle down just as Jeremiah had prophesied.
Wherever you are and whatever has happened God can cause you to flourish again.
They learnt how to sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land (Psalm 137:1-4).
God is behind our lives. He is in control.
We can know what Paul knew, “I want you to know that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel.” (Phil 1:12)
Daniel knew this. The evidences of God told him so.
Nebuchadnezzar took articles from God’s temple and placed them in his own temple. He could have destroyed them but they were preserved.
If you look at your story you will be able to say “it could be worse”. God is in control.