"Your Majesty, God Most High has sent you this message, and it means that you will be forced to live with the wild animals, far away from humans. You will eat grass like a wild animal and live outdoors for seven years, until you learn that God Most High controls all earthly kingdoms and chooses their rulers. But he gave orders not to disturb the stump and roots. This is to show that you will be king once again, after you learn that the God who rules from heaven is in control. Your Majesty, please be willing to do what I say. Turn from your sins and start living right; have mercy on those who are mistreated. Then all will go well with you for a long time. About twelve months later, I was walking on the flat roof of my royal palace and admiring the beautiful city of Babylon, when these things started happening to me. I was saying to myself, "Just look at this wonderful capital city that I have built by my own power and for my own glory!" (SEE 4:28) (SEE 4:28) But before I could finish speaking, a voice from heaven interrupted: King Nebuchadnezzar, this kingdom is no longer yours. You will be forced to live with the wild animals, away from people. For seven years you will eat grass, as though you were an ox, until you learn that God Most High is in control of all earthly kingdoms and that he is the one who chooses their rulers. This was no sooner said than done--I was forced to live like a wild animal; I ate grass and was unprotected from the dew. As time went by, my hair grew longer than eagle feathers, and my fingernails looked like the claws of a bird. Finally, I prayed to God in heaven, and my mind was healed. Then I said: "I praise and honor God Most High. He lives forever, and his kingdom will never end. To him the nations are far less than nothing; God controls the stars in the sky and everyone on this earth. When God does something, we cannot change it or even ask why." At that time my mind was healed, and once again I became the ruler of my glorious kingdom. My advisors and officials returned to me, and I had greater power than ever before. That's why I say: "Praise and honor the King who rules from heaven! Everything he does is honest and fair, and he can shatter the power of those who are proud." (Daniel 4:24-37 CEV)

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Oh what a glorious kingdom

Stretching as far as the eye can see

See such a majestic king

Reigning over its realm

His power none living could rival

At his word men lived or died

Enough power to make anyone forget

The one who placed them there

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Funny old thing, pride

Blurs the reason why

Not answerably to any

Surely he's a self-made king

When "I" takes centre stage

All else pales into the shadows

Who cares about the needs of others?

When self is indulged

All the makings of a king

Beastly to his people

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Soon all sense is gone

Arrogance takes hold

Abuse is rife on those

Waiting to be served

Self has placed all the orders

While others sit it out

Enter the King of all kings

To burst this king's bubble

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From king to beast

Not as difficult as you think

A loss of mind

Is all it took

You, being no greater than how you think

Think like a beast; behave like one

No longer fit, to rule as king

A king by identity, a beast in reality

The mind of the beast

Took over the king

The kingdom lost its head

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7 seasons of life it took

Finally the point gets through

All that men do

Is all through His grace

His kingly mind regained

His kingly reign restored

Given up on that lie

Of the self-made king

It takes the king of Kings

To rule and reign

By His grace we rise

By His grace we stand

And by His grace

We reign in life

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Enter now that humble king

Accountable to the most high King

Whose reign will never cease

Oh how the people rejoice

When the humble is in power

More majesty and power

Nesting safely in his hands

His heart in its rightful place

The beast turned King again

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Selah