Daniel 9:20-27 Dare to Anticipate
Theological Proposition/Focus: God has given us specifics in which we can eagerly wait in anticipation.
Homiletical Proposition/Application: eSince God has given us some specific details of his plan we can hope in the specific not just the general.
Introduction:
Image: The importance of specificity.
When I have taken people flying one of the things that almost everyone seems to be surprised by is the radio calls. Talking to Air Traffic Control is an important skill. But the hardest part of the skill is knowing the right degree of specificity. Every once in a while I will ask Emily to work the radios, what makes it hard is knowing what to say, and what not to say. In general what Air Traffic Control wants to know is 1) Where you are going, 2) That you have all the latest information, 3) Anything special or out of the ordinary about your method of going. In other words they want some specific information but not every detail. They want to be able to accurately anticipate your decisions but they don't care that you are drinking coffee or soda during the flight. For example, if you call up and say I want to fly somewhere in the Omaha area they will say where specifically? However, if you say I want to fly to the Council Bluffs airport and plan to stop there for a cup of coffee and a burger you will have given far too much information.
What I want us to understand as we read Daniel 9:20-27 is that we have some very specific events that we can anticipate. God has not told us every detail but he has told us some details. We should dare to anticipate what God is doing.
