What difference should Daniel 7 make in our lives? If this is ancient prophecy that touches ancient history and yet-future events, should it matter to us? I assert it does; so how, then, should we live? Here are four prayers to express to God.
1. Pray that your view of God would enlarge. If you’ve had a faulty view of God, ask Him to correct your perspective. He is not a god who is made in your image and fits in your back pocket. He is large and in charge! A.W. Tozer once said, “The most important thing about you is what comes to your mind when you think about God.” If your view of God is right, your life will be transformed.
2. Pray that your trust in worldly kingdoms would shrink. Man looks upon the great kingdoms of the world with awe and pride, but God looks on them as wild beasts that rule by brute power. God will ultimately destroy these brute beasts because they live by might and blood. They are bestial, but God will tame them. Don’t be impressed with the kingdoms of the world; they come, they go, they rise, they fall, and soon God will destroy them all. Use the world, but don’t fall in love with it. Prepare yourself spiritually. Pray, serve, and join a small group. Get ready for eternity.
3. Pray for freedom from anxiety. The best and worst is yet to come. While there will be trials and tests, there will not be any surprises for our great God. Satan is like a marionette, and God is pulling his strings. As Martin Luther once said, “Even the devil is God’s devil.” God is not worried about the “little horn” (Daniel 7:8) or any other horn for that matter. He knows how to “de-horn” the antichrist when the time comes. So take heart and trust in God. Though many things that happen around us make no sense at all, we can be confident that God is working out His plan step by step. He will be victorious! I’ve read the end of the book, and we win. Bad days are coming for planet earth, but in the end those who know the Lord will reign with Him.
4. Pray for courage in the difficult days to come. If Daniel 7 is to be taken literally, it predicts a deterioration of the spiritual condition as we enter the final period of world history. Our call is to be strong and of good courage while we wait for Christ’s return. God is looking for a remnant of believers, who will not compromise their faith, but who will stand strong in these difficult days. He will give us the courage, but we must fear Him more than man.
Humankind wants to achieve her own destiny of peace, but God will not permit this because the world wants peace without the Prince of Peace. World peace will not come by the human efforts of the United Nations but by the supernatural intervention of God. Thus, we should not look for ultimate hope of world peace via the nations of the world. Instead, we must look for a different King and Kingdom. Heaven rules human history! (razorplanet.com)