Deeper Reflection
Nebuchadnezzar’s testimony of “the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me” (v.2) points to the grace of God. The “me” in “the Most High God has done for me” can be a humble “me” or a proud “me”.The proud “me” thinks that God has done great things – “the signs and wonders” – for me because I am faithful to God and I deserve it. God does do great things for us because we are faithful to Him. But God can choose not to and He is not to be questioned. And whether we deserve it or not, it is purely God’s call, and never a matter for us to think about. It is purely God’s sovereign grace. “Sovereign” means it is God’s prerogative: He does whatever He pleases (Psa 115:3). “Grace” means no one deserves anything from God.The humble “me” asks, “Why me, Lord?” when God does great things for me. The humble “me” recognises that I have nothing and I can do nothing to get God to do great things for me. The attitude of the humble “me” is always, “I am not worthy of the least of all the deeds of steadfast love and all the faithfulness that You have shown to Your servant” (Gen 32:10). And when the humble “me” does great things for God, this “me” recognises that what I can do is divine empowerment and what I have done is divine fulfilment. But the humble “me” does have a healthy ego: “By the grace of God, I am what I am” (1 Cor 15:10).