Lessons from Daniel
Tom Shrader surveys Daniel's life across six chapters, showing how a young Hebrew exile thrived in hostile Babylon. Daniel resolved not to defile himself, maintained faithful prayer habits with his friends, and consistently pointed others to God's character rather than his own abilities. Through fiery furnaces, lion's den, and palace intrigues, Daniel demonstrated that hope is rooted in God's character, promises, sovereignty, and faithfulness.
“Our hope is rooted in the character of God, the promises of God, the sovereignty of God, and the faithfulness of God.”
— Tom Shrader
Series: Lessons from the Legends
Recorded: September 18, 2014
Duration: 38 min
Themes: hope, faithfulness, prayer, character, sovereignty, perseverance, integrity, witness, living in hostile culture, facing persecution, young professional, workplace challenges, maintaining faith under pressure, exile, new believer, standing firm in beliefs
Scripture: Daniel 1-6, Daniel 1:8, Daniel 2:27, Daniel 2:30, Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 6:3, Daniel 6:25-26, Romans 12:1-2
Theological Themes: providence, gods sovereignty, sanctification, holy living, biblical worldview, covenant faithfulness, spiritual discipline, apologetics
Full Transcript
Open your Bibles, if you would, to the book of Daniel. I told the guys yesterday morning in the study that they were a kind of experiment because we're going to try to cover a lot of ground. We're going to cover six chapters.
Here's the mission. I want to look at the life of Daniel. I've titled it "Daniel: Thriving in a Hostile World." It feels to me like that's relatively relevant to what we're doing, at least if we pull it off. We're in week two of five weeks of looking at characters from the Scripture and looking at their life and life situation and trying to learn from it. So last week was Joseph dealing with steadfastness and forgiveness. This week, Daniel. The next two weeks are Peter and Paul. And then the fifth week is a guy you may not know - and his name is Demas, and we'll look at him.
Our Foundation of Hope
Here's the sentence. It's the foundation, not just for this study, but in a way for Christian life. Our hope is rooted in the character of God, the promises of God, the sovereignty of God, and the faithfulness of God. I could almost take this and do a little parenthesis and just say, our hope is rooted in God - who He is, what He says.
Particularly in times - and I'm guilty of this too, although I think I'm better than most - we tend to talk so much about the hard times, the challenge, and probably because life has that in there. You're so vulnerable in life. If you care at all, you're so vulnerable with your kids or your grandkids or your spouse or work or just to get beat up or go to the doctor and go through this, whatever life is. So I tend to respond and go, in those tough times, especially in those tough times, our peace and joy comes from the presence of the Holy Spirit and the assurance of the character of God, the promises of God, the sovereignty of God, the faithfulness of God.
But by the way, the same is true in good times. If you go into the doctor and he said, "You need to see me again, this is a suspicious-looking thing on your lung," you're pretty open to prayer. But if he says, "No problem, you look good, your body's going to outlive your mind" - well, I made that up. But you go, "All right, let's go eat." You're not as open to that. So it's in the good times to remember that your hope is not in the stuff.
I love the politics stuff. This is my wheelhouse. I love sitting down with Duval and Ducey. But our hope is not in a Duval governor or Ducey governor or libertarian governor or no governor. My hope is in the character of God, the promises of God, the sovereignty of God, and the faithfulness of God.
The Capture of the Best and Brightest
So here you go with Daniel. We're going to do a flyover. Along the way, there'll be some of those moments where I go, "Here's the key verse. You've got to grab it." And we can't expand it a lot.
Beginning in Daniel chapter 1, Nebuchadnezzar takes over Jerusalem. He captures the land. You see in verse 2, the vessels of the house of God. And he brings in the vessels into his treasury. Along the way with the things that are conquered and captured are young men. He tells his assistant to identify, verse 4, young men whom there is no defect. They're good looking. They're intelligent in every branch of wisdom. They're endowed with understanding and discernment. They have ability to serve the king's court. They're the best and the brightest. They're the guys that get in. They'd rise to the top.
This is a great lesson to me. Nebuchadnezzar says, "Get them, bring them in." They're young. By definition, in our best understanding, they'd be between 12 and 15. And they have the potential to serve in the king's court.
The Strategy of Cultural Transformation
Verse 5, the king says, "I want to change what they're eating, their diet." And in verse 7, "I'm going to assign them new names." I'm going to take them, and I'm going to remove them from the culture they're in. And I'm going to re-engage them in a new culture.
When Paul writes in Romans 12:1-2, he says, "Don't be conformed to this world" - he means this worldly thinking - "but be transformed by the renewing of your mind." Here's what he's saying: culture is going to affect you. Bad company corrupts good morals. Who you hang around with, what you read, what you listen to, where you go, what are the movies - it desensitizes you.
I can tell in my own life, I finally gave up, by and large, with minor exceptions, talk radio. The reason for it is I was so frustrated by the end of the day. I'm not suggesting you need to do that, I'm just saying I was weak at that. Sandy does not like television. She didn't have one when we got married. And she doesn't like sports. Now, in my life, here's what I like: food, air, sports, and TV. And you can do all four of them at once, which is pretty incredible.
Every day I'll come home, night before last is perfect, long day, a lot of work, got home, we eat, we try to eat together, and we do this odd thing called talking. We're talking, and I'm trying to say, "How do you feel about sunsets?" We're going back and forth, and she's saying, "Tell me how your day was. What do you think about that?"
So I said, "I'm going to go in and check the news, because everything seems good here in Gilbert." Just voted one of the top 20 places in the country to live by the Wall Street Journal. According to Forbes, the number one place in the country to raise family. So everything's here in Gilbert good, but the rest of the world could have blown up. We don't know. I'm going to check it. And I'll turn it on, and in about five minutes, that's her right there telling me - you don't want to know what she said. Only make you feel bad, boys. In about five minutes, I'll be in there going, "Turn it off. Why put yourself through this? You can't change this. You can't change that."
I said turn it over to Christian TV. And she said, "Oh my gosh, no, don't do that." So then I'll do that. Well, here's what I've learned. When I watch that stuff, by and large, I get extraordinarily frustrated. I know this sounds goofy. It doesn't draw me any closer to Jesus. I say His name more, but I don't think I'm any closer.
There's a great little sub-lesson where Nebuchadnezzar is saying, "I want to immerse these guys in the culture. They're different than us. Have them look at what we look at, think about what we think about, eat what we eat, change their name and identity, immerse them in the culture." Well, in this comes a battle. And Daniel senses it.
Daniel's Pre-Decision
Verse 8 of chapter 1: Daniel, key phrase now, made up his mind he wouldn't defile himself. Daniel resolved. When we were raising the girls, there were little phrases we used to use with them. Incredibly true, but manipulative. "You can fool us, but you can't fool God." It's like Santa. He's watching every move.
But we would say, "In this life, girls, you need to pre-decide your decisions. You need to decide before you go out. I wouldn't do that. I wouldn't go in that place. I know if I'm—here you go—I know the parents are out of town. I know if we go to that house and there's a kegger and there's some weed and there's... you're going to end up in trouble. And even if you don't, you're going to be there when the authorities come and you're going to get swept away in this. Use your head. Don't go there. Pre-decide your decisions."
And the same thing is true in business. You're going, "Well, he's a little shady. I don't know. I'm going to make the presentation." But you know in the presentation, somehow he's going to say, "Well, if you can cut that or slide me a little juice over here or something, the deal's yours." You need to draw that line, not when you're calculating what you can do with the commission, but you need to draw that line in the cool of the moment, not in the heat of it.
Daniel says, "I got it. I'm not going to defile myself."
A Win-Win Solution
So here's what they say. We want this diet. Chapter 1, verse 12: Daniel says, "Test us for ten days. Give us vegetables to eat and water to drink. And at the end of the ten days, see if we don't look any better or certainly not any worse than the other guys." Because the official doesn't really care. So that's what they do.
At the end of the ten days, they look better. Not only that, two key verses—verse 9 and verse 17: God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander. And Daniel, verse 17, understood all sorts of visions and dreams. Verse 20: they're ten times smarter than all the magicians. The magicians there are not David Copperfield. Those are the kitchen cabinet, the best and the brightest.
Daniel's confronted with this and develops a situation that's a win-win.
The Impossible Dream
Chapter 2: the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had a dream and it troubled him. His sleep left him. He called in the Chaldeans, his authorities. And he said that his command was firm: "If you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you'll be torn limb from limb and your house will be made into rubbish. If you interpret the dream, you'll receive gifts and rewards and honor."
So he comes in and he does something, and the Chaldeans point this out, that no other king had ever done. "I want you to tell me the dream and the interpretation." Because here's what would typically happen: The king would call in the magicians, the Chaldeans, and say, "I had this dream, here it is, give me the interpretation." And apparently, in Nebuchadnezzar's mind, he feels like they're working him a little bit. He goes, "Oh, this is what the dream means." And he's not really sure, and he said, "You know, this is going to make me feel a little more solid. Tell me the dream and the interpretation."
And they said, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, that's a whole different deal. Nobody could do that. No one can do it." And then he says in verse 11, "Moreover, the thing the king has declared and demanded is difficult, and there's no one who could declare it to the king except the gods." They're saying this is beyond our pay grade in a major way. It's not just us. Nobody could do this. This is a supernatural thing.
And all of a sudden, here's what happens. The word gets out: he's going to take all of these guys and they can't do it. They're going to be killed.
The Power of Community
Still in chapter 2, verse 17: Daniel goes to his house to tell his friends that we've got problems. We got promoted into this group of magicians, but they're going to kill us all. And they pray.
So here's a subset of that: A difficult time comes to Daniel's life. He didn't then say, "Oh, I better go find some friends and we can share our burden together." He had in place three, four, or five guys that apparently this was a regular part of what they did. So he came to their prayer meeting, small group, accountability time, whatever the phrase is, and said, "Hey guys, I've got something to percolate to the top of the prayer list today. If we don't get this figured out, we're going to get killed."
You need some version of that in your life on a regular, consistent basis. And I know how hard that is. I'll do real well in this. I'll drift away in this. In my mind, it doesn't have this big formal thing, but you need guys with guys, gals with gals, with whom you're sharing what's going on in life. When you're not together for a month or two, you want to get together and just say, "How's life?" And it may not be some Bible lesson, it's just how are you doing? How's your wife? How do you feel? How's life? What do you think about this?
That was a pre-existing condition in Daniel's life. Get it? And if you don't have it, you need to find it. And on one hand, it's very easy to do, but it's really hard to maintain.
I have a guy who I met with not too long ago, and he had a couple of guys who were holding him accountable. I don't know exactly what that means.
Daniel comes in to interpret the dream. He approaches the king in chapter 2, verse 26. The king says to Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream and its interpretation?"
Daniel responds with remarkable humility. In verse 27, he says, "As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians, nor any human can do this. But there's a God in heaven." Look at verse 30 - here's a great asterisk note on humility: "As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not for any wisdom that resides in me, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king that you may understand."
This was a great opportunity for Daniel to promote himself. He could have said, "Hey, Nebuchadnezzar, we're acknowledging no human could do this. Only God can do it. And God's told me - how about that? Boy, are you a lucky guy, Neb, to have a guy like me around." He doesn't do it. Daniel said he could do this not because he was special, not because it was about him, but because of how desperately God wanted to reach out to Nebuchadnezzar. God was going to make Himself known to the king.
The Golden Image and Ultimate Test
The balance of chapter 2 shows Nebuchadnezzar receiving the dream's interpretation. But in chapter 3, Nebuchadnezzar makes an image of gold. We've talked about this when we've studied Daniel in depth - the statue's about 110 feet high, all gold, on the plain of Dura.
Picture this: we drove to Coronado and back, and coming out of Helotes you see how flat it is with all the solar farms. Think of this 110-foot gold statue with the afternoon sun hitting it. That's the picture you have in front of you. Nebuchadnezzar says, "Here's what I want you to do. I want you to bow down before that and pray."
But Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuse to serve this god in verse 14. The penalty is being thrown into the fire.
"But Even If He Doesn't"
Here's another key thought from chapter 3, verses 16-18. When the king confronts them, they say, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we don't need to give you an answer for this. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire, and He'll deliver us out of your hand."
Then comes one of those verses that to me is a go-to verse - Daniel 3:18: "But even if He doesn't." My God is able to take that cancer away, close that deal, bring that kid back, restore that marriage, make you happy and joyful. My God is able to do all this stuff, but the fact that He's able to do it doesn't obligate Him to do it. My hope is in the character of God, the promises of God, the sovereignty of God, and the faithfulness of God. My hope is rooted with Him whether He does or whether He doesn't. That's an extraordinary statement.
There used to be a show on TV called "Expect a Miracle." I always felt that was a presumptuous title. God may do a miracle or He may not, but whether He does or He doesn't doesn't affect His reputation or my love for Him or my dedication to Him. He may do - and you fill in the blank rather than me trying to make this up. You fill in the blank with something you need, something you want, something desperate - physical, relational, financial, spiritual. He may do that, but even if He doesn't, He's still God.
The Furnace Seven Times Hotter
Look at the reaction to this in chapter 3, verse 19. Nebuchadnezzar is filled with rage and his facial expression is altered. Literally, he's so mad - "Who are you to do this to me?" The veins are popping out. He's mad at Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
At the end of verse 19, he gives orders to heat the furnace seven times more than the usual heat. "You guys, the penalty is going in this fire, and stoke this baby up seven times hotter." I think we made the observation before - he's mad at these guys, but he's doing them a big favor. Nobody wants to be crock-potted to death. The hotter it is, the better it is. We're going to see in a minute that as they're throwing the guys in, the guards are getting burned up on the outside. The heat is so intense - bam! Go.
The Fourth Man in the Fire
They throw them in, and at the end of verse 24, Nebuchadnezzar is astounded. He says to his officials, "Were there not three men cast bound into the fire?" They say, "Yeah, what are you drinking?"
He said, "Well, look in there." Chapter 3, verse 25: "There's four. They're loosened. And the one has the appearance of the Son of God."
You could do a whole message on this - it's the punch line of this passage. They look in and what they see are Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and this fourth is a pre-incarnate Christ. If you need a graphic of life, here it is: when you're in the equivalent of whatever the fire is - good, bad, whatever it is - you're not alone. Jesus is right there with you.
I watched a ton of it, and kind of the underground. I mean, I remember that. That was so raw and fresh. I do remember that when it happened. And a lot of it within a little Christian community, but within the religious community, certainly in the world. Where was your God on 9-11?
Well, the same place He was on 9-10 and 9-12 and today. In absolute control. Are you telling me God caused 9-11? I'm telling you, He either caused it or allowed it. In a way, it doesn't really matter. The point is, He's sovereign and in control. He could have taken those planes the other way, dumped them into the ocean, saved all the innocent people. Could have done it. Didn't do it. Why? I don't know. That's what makes Him God.
Here's what I know. He's right there in the midst of your 9-11. Whether it's a self-inflicted wound, one coming from the outside, whether you're totally guilty or totally innocent, it doesn't matter in this sense. God is absolutely with you. He loves you. He cares for you.
Belshazzar's Wild Party
Chapter 5. Belshazzar is a new king. There's an event. He's having a party. A wild party. Chapter 5, verse 3. They bring out the gold vessels. So if you go back to chapter 1 where they took these vessels from Jerusalem, He brings out these sacred vessels. And they're going to drink out of them.
And we know it's a wild party. How do we know the evidence is there? The king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank from these. They would never touch them unless they were drinking. And it's a wild party because he brought his wives, plural, and his girlfriends. They don't often get together in the same place. And this has always been my marker for wild.
Verse 4. They drank wine and praised the gods of gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. In my old days, I used to get lit up a little bit. And as lit up as I was, I never toasted the god of wood. So that's how I know. I know how screwed up I was. And you had to get more screwed up than that to me.
The Writing on the Wall
So there's this wild moment. This drunken, massive, many of you have been in them and to them. And it's a room like this. There's a ledge carved out, if you can imagine it. The archaeologists have uncovered this room. There's a ledge carved out and there is Belshazzar and his wives and his girlfriends. And across the room, and you've got it in your text, all of a sudden, in verse 5, there's a man's hand and his fingers extended and he begins to write on the wall.
So you've heard the phrase, I see the writing on the wall. It came from this. And it stops everything and the process repeats that we've already looked at. He says to all those guys, hey, what's this mean? And they say, we don't know. But finally, they say, well, there's this guy named Daniel. Why don't you give him a holler and see what he says.
And in verse 13, Daniel's brought before the king and the king said, I've heard about this. I have personally, verse 16, heard about you and heard that you're able to give interpretations. And if you can do it, I'm going to give you a purple and you'll wear a necklace and you'll be in authority and the third ruler of the kingdom. There's split kingdoms, two kings. You'll be the third guy.
Daniel's Bold Response
Verse 17, you can tell Daniel's 80 because he says you can take that purple robe and shove it. Keep your gifts to yourself and your rewards for someone else. I'll read the inscription. Why? Because this is about God again.
But let me tell you a fundamental problem, Belshazzar, Tom, everybody. It's verse 22. You have to humble your heart if you're going to know all this. The God in whose hand your life is free. Forget the hand on the wall. God controls your life.
Here's what He's written. Verse 25, Mene, mene, tekel, parsen. Mene, your days are numbered. Tekel, you've been weighed on a scale and found deficient. Parsen, you've been delivered, given over to the Medes and the Persians. He said, here's the news, buddy. Your days are numbered. And that number's a short one. And you've been weighed, placed on a scale.
The Scale of God's Judgment
So, look up here. The scale is this kind of a scale. I, every morning, get up, go through a little bit of a ritual, and get on a scale. But I stand on this square box, and it says 125, and I get up. Well, it runs through 125. It runs way up. That's not that kind of scale. It's this kind of scale.
Sandy and I were in St. Louis. We were down at the farmer's market. They're selling all sorts of stuff. Other than being a little muggy in there, it's a great place. Fruits and vegetables. And one of the guys had a scale where he was selling something by the weight, and it wasn't a digital, it was an old-fashioned scale, where you'd get the pre-cut, four pounds here. You'd put it on the scale. Then you'd start stacking whatever it was, potatoes, corn, whatever, until the scale was balanced.
So, here's what that finger writing on the wall is saying. You've been put on the scale, and here's the problem. It's going like this. You don't measure up. And the Medes and the Persians are coming, buddy.
That Very Night
And that very night, here's what happens. Belshazzar's in a walled city. The walls are so thick that they used to race chariot races around the walls. There was a river that ran into and through the walled city. It was thought to be impenetrable. It didn't think there was any way. The water provided vegetation, food, obviously refreshment, drink.
And that night, the Medes and the Persians got the quarter of engineers, redirected the water, walked in under the wall, and conquered the city without firing a shot. Killed the king. There's a new king in town. Darius.
The New King in Town
He is a little bit like the guy that came in from the home office. He's the new guy in your office, and he's taken over, and he wants to figure out who are his guys. It's the new head coach. If you're an offensive coordinator, we're getting a new head coach. This is not good news because what's he going to want to do? Bring in his own guys. And if it's going to be anybody remaining, he's going to want to make sure these
Darius comes in, surveys his guys, and puts a new organizational chart in place where he's got 120 guys, breaks them into three equal groups, and puts one guy over each one of these three. When he surveys it all and tries to find the best and the brightest, Daniel in chapter 6, verse 3 begins to distinguish himself.
The rest of the story is about Daniel distinguishing himself and the other 119 guys wanting to get rid of Daniel. They said we've got no chance because there's no omission or commission in his life. There's no omission - he's doing everything he should. And there's no commission - he's not doing stuff he's not supposed to do. We're never going to get rid of this guy unless it's got something to do with the law of God.
So they convinced Darius to issue an order that when the horn sounds, you bow down and you worship a false god. Daniel can't do it. He goes back to his room and does what he's always done.
Daniel's Faithful Response
To me, this is important - I don't want to make too big a deal of it, but I think it's significant. He doesn't call a press conference. He doesn't organize a movement. He does what he's always done - he's praying.
Darius catches him and tosses him in what you identify with Daniel more than anything - the lion's den. Darius doesn't want to lose him. He comes the next morning and says, "Daniel, are you in there?" Daniel has survived.
Darius the king says, "May your peace abound, I make a declaration." Daniel 6, verses 25-26: "That in all the dominion of my kingdom, that men should fear and tremble before the God of Daniel. He is the living God."
The Real Hero of the Story
This story is not about Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego, and Daniel. This story is about God. In all of these situations that we've seen - the dangerous situations, the situations of promotion - our hope, Daniel's hope, the boys' hope, our hope is rooted in the character of God and the promise of God and the sovereignty of God and the faithfulness of God.
Five Takeaways for Today
Five takeaways real quickly. Number one: whenever it's possible, find a win-win. That was Daniel in chapter one. We live in this warrior mentality culture where in order for me to win, you have to lose. Daniel chapter one shows that's not necessarily true. We can have a win-win. Not always, but when possible.
I had a chance to put together hot summer nights with the candidates. Both sides wanted to talk to me about hoping this wouldn't be a hostile environment. I said it won't be unless you make it that. I'm the nicest guy on the planet. We want a civil discussion, and this is the best chance you're going to have in the election season to have one.
Use What God Has Given You
Here's the second thing: God provides your gifts and talents - use them. Some of you, He's given you the gift of administration, organization. Use it. Some of you, God's given almost nothing materially. You're wearing your net worth - between what you're wearing and what you're driving, you got everything you own. Some of you got a whole bucket load of money. Well, I have to steward that.
Stewardship becomes the key word. When I say stewardship, you grab your wallet. I'm not talking money - that's part of it. It's stewarding your time, your energy, your effort.
I may be autobiographical here. I'm going through this a lot in my life. I've had two years where this is the best I felt in two years, so I haven't felt well. I'm in a transition of life. I'm a newlywed, trying to figure out the kids I got, the grandkids I got, the life I've got. Part of that is I'm sitting and going, "Man, I'm wasting" - not in an intentional way, but just by not using gifts, talents, time, energy, effort, money. God's given you gifts - use them.
Never Surprised by God's Character
Here's the third thing: be in awe of God, but never surprised by Him. I am stunned by what God does. When I sit back and think about it, I'm not surprised because that's the kind of God He is from the very beginning.
From the very beginning, He's been a gracious, loving God. When Adam ate that fruit and God said there's consequences to it - indeed, there are consequences and we're living them out - but from the very beginning, God said, "But I'm going to give you grace and mercy and an opportunity to be restored with Me."
As we read through this big old book, we get a story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. God's putting it all back together again.
Your Faith Is Your Greatest Asset
Two more things quickly and then you can go. Your faith, like Daniel, your faith is your greatest asset. I'm going to finish it everywhere but at work. Sometimes you think at work, "I'm a Christian, but it's kind of holding me back. If I could cheat and screw people like everybody else, I'd go right to the top. I could be the top sales guy if I just paid this guy off, did this, did that. The only thing that's holding me back - not my product, not my product knowledge, not my savvy business - what's holding me back is my integrity."
That's not true.
God Is in Control
Here's the fifth thing, and this is the biggie. Honestly, it's kind of the same point every week: God's in control, so you can rest. Work hard, do your best.
I had a chance to speak to a group of young church leaders the other night. I don't know that many pastors would give them this, but I said, "Here's the deal. These are church guys, pastor guys, hardcore guys." I said, "Here's the deal: Christ died for the church. You don't need to. You don't have to be here when the sun comes up and stay until 10 o'clock. You don't have to."
Work hard - I'm not saying don't work hard. But give this thing its appropriate effort and remember God's in control. You can strategize and you can plan and you can do it.
My plan goes like this: God bless this plan. We're not sure if it's A, B, C, or D. And what ends up happening is Q. And I didn't have Q in the list. I don't even know what Q is. He's in control.
So that's Daniel. A little bit like Joseph, same principles. Next week, I don't remember. It's either Peter or Paul, one of the two. We'll pick up there next week.
Let me pray. Father, thank You for this truth. Let us live with a reality that You're in control, that we can rest, that God, You're able to do great and mighty things, the things that we want and desire. But even if You don't, we still trust You and love You. And that love was first generated by You. Thank You for loving us and sending Jesus to die so that we can have eternal life. Father, we praise You and worship You in His name. Amen.
Thanks for being here. Have a great week. We'll see you next week.