Danel 2:31

Daniel 2:31 says, Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.  Daniel begins to relate the king's dream to him.  Daniel said that in his dream Nebuchadnezzar saw a great image, whose brightness was excellent, but it's form was terrible.  I am not sure, but evidently Nebuchadnezzar remembered the dream as Daniel related it, or otherwise how could he have known that Daniel was telling him the truth.  Until there was someone there who could tell him what the dream meant, then it would have done him no good to remember.  When God reveals His truth today, the lost miss the message of the gospel, and we as followers of Christ are to be there to explain it to them under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.  Verse thirty-two adds, This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,  Daniel began to relate the way the statue was constructed, and the farther down he went in the description the cheaper the materials that formed it became.  Verse thirty-three continues, His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.  The statue went from a head of gold to feet of iron and clay.  No matter how wonderful the statue looked, it was built on a weak foundation.  Though this is not part of Daniel's interpretation, I believe that we can say that this applies to the things of this world.  No matter how wonderful they may look, they are built on a foundation that will crumble when judged by God.  Verse thirty-four states, Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.  Daniel said Nebuchadnezzar saw a stone cut without hands destroy the feet of the image, or statue.  Verse thirty-five adds, Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.  Daniel was still at this point telling Nebuchadnezzar what his dream was, but the image was destroyed, and the stone became great and filled the whole earth.  Verse thirty-six continues, This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.  Daniel had fulfilled the first part of Nebuchadnezzar's demand, which was likely the hardest part, and now he was ready to fulfill the second demand.  When confronted with a challenge that threatens our faith today, we must look to God for answers.  The first step may be to actually identify the problem, then we will be ready to take action.