The Bible Study suggestion for the fall is to learn the most important stores. When we start to compile the list, the story in Daniel 5 will likely be in the list.
It starts with King Belshazzar forgetting the lessons taught house father (King Nebuchadnezzar) about the might of God. Belshazzar mocks God by bringing all of the holy vessels taken from the Temple and using them at a drunken feast. For this he will pay a terrible price.
The vessels are the golden vases and bowls. God would not/could not overlook such a misuse of His beloved vessels.
I want to make a leap. I want to take God's anger over misuse of vessels and apply it to the misuse of one of God's children. Abuse and exploitation are a horrible misuse. It is s misuse which leaves deep and tender scars.
In my work I encounter way too many who have been misused. I try to help restore the good intentions with which God created us. But it is difficult.
Some misuse is blatant. Other encounters may begin ambiguous. And it is the one exploited who gets to label it for what it is to them.
Belshazzar did not respect the ends for which God had set aside these precious vessels. Let's not make a similar mistake.
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