DANIEL 4:2

[Daniel 4:2 NKJV] — I thought it good to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has worked for me.

[Daniel 4:2 GNT] — Listen to my account of the wonders and miracles which the Supreme God has shown me.



Nebuchadnezzar the great occultic and idolatrous king was converted into the faith of the Lord God Most High, and he shared the testimony of his conversion in the entire Daniel 4.

But in the Bible verse above precisely, Nebuchadnezzar acted as one of the greatest "Evangelists" publishing the gospel of the miracles, signs and wonders of the Most High (Supreme) God to the whole world. His testimony (message) reached out to the whole world that knew him as idol worshipper and occultic king, to proclaim the true God and Most High as the God of miracles, signs and wonders, to and through him.

What he said about "I thought it good" in the Bible verse above, was translated as "It pleased me" in Berean Study Bible. Basically, it means he found joy or pleasure in sharing the testimony of his experience and conversion and of the miracles, signs and wonders of God to and through him, to all the world. You will find such joy, pleasure or zeal in true evangelists and in those who find the joy at their conversion or salvation.

I have seen many converted into the Lord, but not all of them have joy or testimony or message to share from their experience, conversion or revelation of the grace and power of God. Some experienced the power of God, and were changed/converted, but even their neighbors hardly noticed because they do not have message or testimony to share, neither grateful.

Can you tell the whole world about the revelations, miracles, signs and wonders, of the Most High God, with gratitude and joy, unashamed? Can you reach out to your former sin partners and neighborhood where you were notorious, and publish the joy of your new found relationship and fellowship with the Lord Most High God?

*1* Why not you be like the madman made whole by Jesus Christ, who cast out legion of demons out of the man and the man went to publish and testify of his conversion and freedom by the Lord Jesus Christ?

*2* Why not you be like Nebuchadnezzar, who was cast out of being a man into becoming an animal and after seven years he was returned and restored into becoming a man, who then published and testified of his conversion and understanding by the Most High God?

*3* Why not you be like the Samaritan woman by the well where the Lord and Messiah sat, and she left her business to go testify to all the city of Samaria about her encounter with the Christ?

*4* Why not you be like Paul, who immediately he was converted and regained his sight began preaching or testifying of the Lord Jesus Christ?

I believe and know there are much more deep, miraculous, and wonderful, revelations of God shown to various people than they have publicized. Many of us are keeping the works of God hidden in our hearts/minds as Mary who mothered the Lord Jesus was keeping such things in her secret. There would have been more revelational and testimonial books, audios, videos and messages, about encounters with God/the Lord Jesus Christ, about angels and heavens, about hell and demons/damned souls, about dreams, about deliverances, about the earth/seas/creatures, about history, about men/women, about things to come, etc., if all who received or had them testified and published them.

Don't wait to share them as Testament, rather share them as Testimonies. It's the Testimony of Jesus that is the spirit of prophecy, not just the Testament of Jesus. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and by the words of our Testimony, not words of our testament. Testimony is as good as confession, which is key to salvation and prayers or utterances. I recently shared "Testaments of the 12 Patriarchs of Israel" which were basically their last testimony, confession or message before they died.

That's testament, always coming out when the testifier is dying or dead. Why share those things only when you know you would not live to face reactions or effects of your revelations or uncovered secrets? Are you trying to escape people's hatred, anger, animosity, shame, while you lived, but suddenly at your dying bed you develop boldness to share those things so that before they can react or respond to your revelations, you are already dead and wouldn't be facing how they receive or react to them?

[Psalms 118:17] — "I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD."

I wouldn't wait until I am old and dying before I testify against fornication; I rather testify against Fornication and against all sins while I was young and youthful, so that I too would live facing the trials and temptations that follow my Testimony. There's place for preaching what you lived, but also place for living what you preached: Hence both Testament and Epistles.

Three categories of people:

*1* Those would never share or testify the Testimonies/Revelations of God and of the Lord to them,

*2* Those who think it good to share the Testimonies/Revelations of God to them only when they are dying or retarding, and have no more to live,

*3* Those who think it good to share the Testimonies/Revelations of God to them like Nebuchadnezzar in the Bible verse above, living to declare the works of God and facing either persecution or acceptance for their Testimonies or Confessions.

Know this, if Nebuchadnezzar had not shared this Testimony, perhaps his testimony would not have become part of the Scriptures given to us, and we may not have known he was turned into animal in shame to his glory and later turned back into a man of understanding by God. So do not deny us from having the useful information of God's works on you, even if it means exposing your shameful secrets while sharing the testimony. It's not about your shame/humiliation in the story, but about the praise, honor and glory of God the Most High who delivered, changed, or converted you.

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