Those young people were ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in the Babylons?! All the magicians and enchanters might wonder where they got all of those literature and wisdom when they had years and years of training. But they didn't realize that those youths didn't get those from the years of training, but from their extraordinary faith due to the lack of years and years of training! It's God who appointed them and raised them up due to their extraordinary faith.
"As I had suspected, it was determined that some of the most powerful gifts were found in the younger people, even some who were very young. Some had already learned to fight very well, using their gifts as weapons. What they lacked in training, they made up for with extraordinary faith.
The young ones didn't seem to have any doubt at all about winning the battle or cutting the tree down. I knew the rest of us had very little faith that we could actually be able to do it. We were more or less going out to fight because we no longer had a choice.
I therefore decided to place some of the children and eagles with each group of adults and to fight with them side-by-side. I felt their main leadership at this time would be boldness and courage, which is what we really needed."
- The Torch and the Sword: The Battle
Even in 2,300 years ago God raised up those four youths by giving them supernatural wisdom to proceed their gifts. So that God may promote them into the positions as the ruler over the whole provience of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon (Daniel) and rulers over the affairs of the provience of Babylon (Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah). Those youths ruled the kingdom with Nebuchadnezzar because he realized that he needed them although they mightn't have the training to do so yet! But because they had the extraordinary faith proven, they saved all the wise men of Babylon, which led them to their promotion:
"Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king. Then Daniel went to his house and made the matter known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, and told them to seek mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery... Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night." So he was able to save the wise men of Babylon including themselves with the vision God gave him, plus the promotion! But the promotion doesn't end all their troubles for they went through the trails such as the fiery furance and the lions' den, but those trails lifted them up even futher for the men of Babylon to see! Those young people passed their tests with straight A's!
"And it shall come to pass afterward,
that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit."
-God's promise for us recorded in the Book of Joel 2:28-29
Are we paying attention to young people, old people, or even those servants? Even God will use those untalented people! Talented or not, God will still use you, only if you are willingly to let your extraordinary faith to make up for whatever you are lacking.
Amen and amen!!
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