Hi there, and welcome to today's encouragement from Our Daily Bread. Our Reading titled

The Unseen King was written by Karen Pimpo. Pilgrim is a musical based on the Pilgrim's

Progress, an allegory of the life of a believer in Jesus.

In the story, all the unseen forces of the spiritual world are made visible to the audience.

The character of the king, representing God, is present on stage for almost the entire show.

He's dressed in white and actively blocks

attacks from the enemy, tenderly holds those who are in pain, and nudges others to good works.

Despite his indispensable role, the main human characters can't physically see the king,

only the effects of what he does. Do we live as if the true king is

active in our lives, even when we can't physically see him? In a time of need, the prophet Daniel

received a vision from a heavenly messenger who'd been sent in direct response to his faithful prayers.

The messenger explained that spiritual warfare had delayed his coming and angelic backup had to be

dispatched.

Daniel was reminded that even though he couldn't see God, he was surrounded by evidence of his

care and attention.

Do not be afraid. You are highly esteemed,

the messenger encouraged him. At the end of Pilgrim, when the main character reaches heaven's

door, after many tribulations, he joyfully cries out for the first time. I can see the king.

Until we see him with our new eyes in heaven,

we look for his action in our lives today.

Today's our Daily Bread devotional scripture reading is from Daniel chapter 10,

verses 10 through 19. A hand touched me and sent me

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