God is Sovereign overall! Perhaps no other book of the Bible sums up this truth with more clarity than Daniel Chapter 4. It’s an obscure writing, not from Daniel, but a confession and conversion of King Nebuchadnezzar. In it, we find the power of God to humble the proud. Time after time King Nebuchadnezzar had opportunities to see the glorious wonders of God and repent of his pride and Idol worship, (and the worship of himself) but he always just added the “most high” to the top of his stack of gods. When, yet again, earthy wisdom and sorcery alike failed to explain another dream, God, by way of Daniel, stepped in with a warning to repent. Instead, he went straight back to his pride, puffed up with his accomplishments, and the word of God was fulfilled. He was sentenced to 7 years of a ‘mindless prison’ until he recognized the sovereignty of God. 

Read Daniel 4. It is the mercy of God to humble the proud. How is this severe ‘punishment’ for the benefit of Nebuchadnezzar? How has God humbled you?