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KEEP LEARNING

Text : Dan 9:2  

In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. 

It is often said that the day you stopped learning is the day you start dying. The saying is so true because the scripture says my people perish for lack of vision (knowledge). Proverbs 29:18. Job 36:12.

Before Daniel (from our text) understood by books what is to be done, prophecy had gone ahead of them that the Isrealites will be taken captive for seventy years. Dan. 9:2, 12.

Now,  the prophecy had been fulfilled,  all the things Prophet Jeremiah and other Prophets said had come to pass.  The stipulated seventy years of bondage had been fulfilled.  Yet the people would have remained in captivity if Daniel had not taken it upon himself to read up what was said about them. they would have remained in captivity still. 

One of the greatest weapons of the enemy is ignorance. He fights tooth and nail to ensure that man is kept in darkness.  This explains why the first thing that God dealt with in the beginning was to call forth light. 

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.Gen 1:3. 

John reiterated the same thing when he said in John 1:5  that the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. The moment light comes, darkness gives way.  That's why the devil doesn't want anyone to come to light. 

However, you are reading this today because God wants you come to His light.  His light comes through understanding. 

That is why you must constantly pray to God for understanding. 

 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: 

 *The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope* of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. Eph. 1:17-18.

The essence of the Spirit of understanding is *so you may know*. Though,  Daniel prayed,  but if he hadn't read what was said in the books concerning them,  he would never had gained understanding. 

 *Prayer and knowledge go hand in hand. Pray to God to give you understanding and pray to him to give you grace never to stop learning.* 

 *Have you gained understanding of what was in the book concerning you?* 

 *Don't ever get satisfied with your present state, regardless of the laudable achievements. It's time to dust the book and keep learning.* 

Bible reading: Daniel 9:1-27.

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