Daniel 10:5-8

Vs. 5- Daniel Looks up and sees Jesus!

vs.7- He is the only one who sees Jesus because the others run away in fear. A GREAT QUAKING FELL UPON THEM. They FLED to HIDE!!!

vs. 8- No strength remains in him and his comeliness turns to corruption.

I love this picture. I think that many times people run from God out of tear. They do not want to give something up, or they do not want to stop certain behaviors. They are "just not ready", as I have heard some say. They are afraid that a life lived for Christ will not satisfy. They are afraid of being disappointed, because what the world has to offer looks so good at the moment. They are afraid of that others will or might say. The list goes on. The truth is simply that we fall to to the lies and deceptions of the Devil. If we only knew what would really bring us peace! As lost individuals we are children of the Devil. He is the father of lies, and we hear the voice of our father and are persuaded by it. We are locked into a life of fear. Jesus alone can offer the key, to the lock that binds us. Once saved we are no linger the children of the Devil, but are adopted into the family of God and are told that we have not been given a spirit of fear, but of power and of love!!!

Daniel does not run from fear he looks up. He looks to Jesus! All that he would see as good in himself, or the world would see as good is revealed as corruption!! That is not something to fear! We must be humbled before we come to Christ. We must see that we are sinners and corrupt. If we don't than we can never acknowledge are need for him.

Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit and saw that they where naked. They tried to hide. They ran! God knew where they where the whole time and what they had done. There is no secret that God does not know. These men who ran may have felt like they where clear from the view the Lord. That He could not find them! But they where wrong. A time will come when we will have to give account for everything that we have ever done. There will be no excuses! No way to say we did not know! Our comeliness will be turned into corruption, the question is, will we humble ourselves NOW and let the blood of Jesus cover that corruption or will we pretend it does not exist and pay for it ourselves for all eternity?

We are given a choice in this world. One choice that matters. One choice that will define all others! Will we look to Christ, or will we run! Jesus was there for them to see, but they chose not to look! They missed the savior of their souls- Jesus! How many times has he revealed himself, stood out right in front of people who simple refuse to lift their eyes?