Superman

As a young boy one of my favorite TV shows was "Superman." It was not at the movies yet or even in living color but just a black and white TV program. Living a life as a mortal man under the name of Clark Kent he was always ready to lend a helping hand to those in danger. Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen were reporters at the Daily Planet newspaper in a city call Metropolis. I can hear that program coming on now "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful that a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound." Here was a man who could fly, stop speeding trains with the palm of his hand and I set and watched bullets bounce of his chest. For thirty minutes he had my attention and sooner or later I would hear Lois and Jimmy say those words "this is a job for Superman!" My brother even got our mother to put a towel around his neck and he would jump from bed to bed and run with that cape flying in the wind. Oh, the memories of our childhood; we laugh at them now but back then it was no laughing matter when you heard the music and the words we ran into the living room and for the next half hour Superman had our attention. But you know what? There was no real Superman he was just a television program dreamed up in the mind of someone. In the book of Daniel chapter two King Nebuchadnezzar is troubled by a dream so troubled that he wakes up. Now the King wants to know what he was dreaming for he didn't know so he called in the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans. They said tell us the dream King and we will be more than glad to give you the interpretation of your dream. The King said that's the problem I don't know what I dreamed so if you can't tell me my dream then I will have no other choice but to cut you into pieces but if you do ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream. They said there is not a man upon the earth that can do what you are asking; what they needed was Superman. The King got so angry that he commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. I like what Daniel had to say:

Daniel 2:15
He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Daniel 2:16
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

Daniel 2:17
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

Can't you just hear Daniel saying "boys we got to pray or we going to be cut into pieces"? You know what? I think that may have gotten their attention; it would have gotten mine. Well, long story short they prayed and God gave Daniel the interpretation of the Kings dream.

Daniel 2:19
Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

Daniel 2:24
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.

Daniel 2:25
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.

Daniel 2:27
Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Daniel said to the King you don't know, I don't know and neither does anyone else King but there is a God in Heaven that does know and He has given it to me and I will reveal it to you. Have you ever been in a situation where you didn't have the answers? What did you do? I hope you prayed and asked the God of heaven to help you and give you wisdom.

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

When the task seems impossible who are you going to call on? Now you know the answer. No there is no superman but there is a God in Heaven that revealeth secrets.