THE PATH UNKNOWN TO THE FOWLS
“Then the king interviewed them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they served before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding about which the king examined them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers who were in all his realm.” Daniel 1:19-20 NKJV
The story of Daniel and the other Hebrew boys serving the Gentile king alongside him defeats any human logic that we may attempt to rationalize it into.
Our theme scripture tells us that as the king interviewed them, none was found like them. They ate differently than any of the other men, but God proved to be the sustainer of man even more than necessary food. As believers, we have access to treasures that are hidden to the natural eye and that cannot be discovered through human effort or intellect. There is a wisdom from above—a divine intelligence—that operates in the realm of the Spirit. It is this very wisdom that elevated Daniel and his friends above the wisest men of Babylon.
Their edge was not in their diet or discipline alone, but in their dependence on God. This kind of wisdom will often appear foolish to the world. It doesn’t follow the rules of conventional success. It calls you to trust in invisible things, to rest when the world says grind, to forgive when the flesh says retaliate, to humble yourself when pride screams for recognition.
But this is the wisdom that confounds the wise. It is the path unknown to the fowls—the high-flying thinkers of this world. It’s not taught in universities or decoded by algorithms. It is revealed by the Spirit and received by the humble. As children of God, we do not walk blindly—we walk in mysteries revealed. We do not rely on intellect alone—we rely on insight from the Holy Spirit.
This wisdom equips us to stand before kings, to answer questions that stump philosophers, and to live lives that bear witness to a kingdom not of this world.
Prayer: Father, I thank you for this truth; I seek to steward this heavenly wisdom—not to boast, but to shine in dark places and testify of the One who gives liberally to all without finding fault. May you be glorified in and through me, in Jesus name. Amen!
CI.
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