Hind’s Feet on High Places
Bible Text: Daniel 6:19-28 | Hind’s Feet on High Places**
Esther (James 4:17)
Ch1 Queen Vashti deposed
Ch2 Beauty contest winner is Esther, the girl with the hidden background
Mordecai uncovers a plot to assassinate the king
Ch3 Haman takes his dislike of Mordecai out on all Jews
Ch4 Mordecai challenges Esther to stick her neck out for the Jews. V14
Ch6 The screw turns
Ch7 A banquet and a hanging
Daniel (Romans 12:2)
Ch1 Daniel & friends’ diet: v8, “Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the king’s food.”
Ch3 A golden image and a fiery furnace
Ch5 Handwriting on the wall: Mene, mene, tekel, parsin. Welcome Darius the Mede.
Ch6 Daniel spends the night with lions.
Ch7 The Ancient of Days and one like a Son of Man
Ch8-11 Prophecies and visions: kingdoms rise and kingdoms fall.
Ch12 The of the End and the great prince Michael’s stand
Habakkuk (Galatians 6:8, 9)
Ch1 Habakkuk’s first complaint: v2, “O LORD, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear?”
God’s response: v6, “I am raising up Chaldeans.”
Habakkuk’s second complaint: v13, “Why them?”
Ch2 The Chaldeans’ wickedness will cycle back to destroy their empire.
Ch3 A Job-like encounter with God
Conclusion: Habakkuk 3:19, “God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s.”
**Title taken from Hannah Hurnard’s book of the same title.