Daniel 2:23 I thank and praise you, God of my ancestors: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king.

When we do come to God and ask openly and honestly, we can expect Him to answer us.

It may not be how we expect to be answered and we may not make sense of things right away, but by listening to God, we will be able to know what is ahead for us.

God will always answer prayers; we just don’t see the answers always because we may well be looking at things in the wrong way.

Listening to God means listening for the problem as well as the solution – we may not know the proper starting point yet!

Daniel 2:2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,

Who do you call on when the going gets rough? Who are the people in your life who seem to know what they are doing?

If we reach out to the great pretenders all the time, then all we are going to get is pretend advice and results!

We need to reach out to the one who holds the truth, the one who stands for the truth and the one who keeps the truth. We need to reach out to the one who does know all things.

Don’t sell yourself short by asking advice from people when you can ask for it from God. Go on, try!

Daniel 1:20 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

How do you fare when your boss, teachers or parents start quizzing you about the things you should know about?

I used to go to pieces and could never answer stuff under pressure and you may well feel that way about the bible…

But if you are willing to pass on the task to someone who does know and listen to their answers before passing on the answers, then you will find things a whole lot easier.

God wants to help you in every way – allow Him to!