STANDING IN MY LOT

DANIEL 12:1

A. "BUT GO THY WAY TILL THE END BE; FOR THOU SHALT REST, AND STAND IN THY LOT AT THE END OF DAYS"
  1. These were the closing instructions Gabriel gave to Daniel - a man greatly loved by God and men:
    1. Daniel lived a long and exceptionally useful life to God and to God and to two of the largest nations on earth - Babylon and Medo-Persia
    2. He and John the Beloved were honored to see the unfolding and closing scenes of the great nations of the world
    3. Also, the forecast of the glorious triumph of Christ and His kingdom
  2. This was Heaven's reassurance to a faithful servant of God:
    1. Death meant to that man of God - rest from toil and trials
    2. His work was done, the victory was won and the reward of a lot in the world made new was assured B. THE LOT OF A FAITHFUL SERVANT OF GOD
  3. In this present life it is:
    1. A walk with God - that was true of Enoch Gen. 5:22-24; of Noah - Gen. 6:9; for the saints in all ages it was and is walking in the light even as He is in the light - I John 1:7
    2. To be God's faithful witness and that Daniel was to the nations - Is. 63:10
    3. To let His light so shine that men may see his good works and glorify God in heaven - and that Daniel was in the highest sense - Dan. 1:8; 6:10; Matt. 5:14-15
    4. To endure hardship and severe trials - that, too, was the lot of Daniel - in the lion's den - Dan. 6:16-23
  4. In the world to come:
    1. Eternal life - the gift of God to His faithful servants - Mark 10:28-30
    2. Said the Lord to Daniel, "Some to everlasting life" - Dan. 12:2
    3. He will hear the King of glory say, "Come blessed of My Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" - Matt. 25:34 C. STANDING IN MY LOT
  5. How often our lot here in this present world:
    1. Seems unusually hard and trying - Examples: Said Jacob to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been" - Gen. 47:9; said Job, when speaking of the day of his birth, "Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it" - Job 3:1-11
    2. This is because in our humanity we are too short-sighted we cannot see the end from the beginning. Could we see the end from the beginning we would never complain of our lot in this present life
  6. Standing in my lot here in this life:
    1. God has designed that in this present life I shall live an upright and honest life
    2. "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good, and what doeth the Lord require of thee, but tot do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God" - Mich. 6:8
    3. That was the testimony the Lord gave to Job - Job 1:1; 2:3
    4. And that was the testimony the angel gave of the lives of Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth - Luke 1:6
    5. Will God give me such a testimony in my present lot?
  7. My lot in the world to come:
    1. This is the point that gives me repeated and deep concern - to be a fellow heir in the kingdom of my Lord and Saviour
    2. When I look at my short-comings I am frightened; they are as yet many
    3. But when I think of my relationship to the Lord Jesus - my hope is bright - for Paul assures us that we are complete in Jesus - Col. 2:10
    4. "Christ in you the hope of glory" - Col. 1:27
    5. My lot in the world to come has been assured by the infinite sacrifice Christ made for me to assure me a place in His kingdom - said He to the penitent thief, "Verily, verily I say unto you today, thou shalt be with me in paradise" - Luke 23:42-43


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