Daniel 10
The Message translation of v9 says “Everything is going to be all right.”
Daniel in Babylon should have been in Israel. But he is with a people who have lost their way. Some of them have been released under the new ruler, Cyrus, but most stay as Daniel does. For the majority, life will never be the same again. As they look back, their failures and disappointments outweigh their successes and joys. Daniel has visions of the future that frighten him. It seems that life is going to get worse than better. He has visions that traumatise him of a world at war with itself. He has visions of Christ that break him like a shaking leaf. He has angelic experiences.
Then the words … Everything is going to be all right.
Horatio Spafford (1828-1888) was a wealthy Chicago lawyer, a beautiful home, a wife, four daughters and a son.
At the very height of his financial and professional success, Horatio and his wife Anna suffered the tragic loss of their young son. In 1873, Spafford scheduled a boat trip to Britain. Spafford sent his wife and daughters ahead of him while he remained in Chicago to take care of some unexpected last minute business. Several days later he received notice that his family’s ship had encountered a collision. All four of his daughters drowned; only his wife had survived.
With a heavy heart, Spafford boarded a boat that would take him to his grieving Anna in England. It was on this trip that he penned those now famous words,
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.
Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,
Let this blest assurance control,
That Christ hath regarded my helpless estate,
And hath shed His own blood for my soul.
These same words can be proclaimed over your life … Everything is going to be all right.
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