肯塔基州中部的運輸機構在進行總部的翻新工程時，為了吸引居民的注意，便用該機構的英文簡稱（TACK，意指圖釘），製作了一個約7公尺高的巨型圖釘，豎立在機構的入口處。這根巨型圖釘創下了世界紀錄，是非常顯眼的標誌，任何人都無法忽視它的存在。

在但以理書第6章，上帝用了一件令人無法忽視的事引發眾人的關注。當時，但以理違抗大流士王的詔令，持續向上帝禱告而被丟進獅子坑裡，然而上帝卻施行神蹟拯救了但以理（10-23節）。但以理毫髮無傷是「因為信靠他的上帝」（23節），這樣的神蹟使得大流士王宣稱，但以理的上帝不像米底亞人與波斯人所崇拜的那些毫無生命的偶像，而是永活長存的上帝（26節），只有祂「護庇人，搭救人，在天上地下施行神蹟奇事」（27節）。令人驚嘆的是，連一個信奉異教的外邦國王，也承認上帝的大能與至高權柄，正如一根巨大而神聖的「圖釘」，上帝大能的作為絕對不容忽視。

有時候，上帝會做一些重大且令人無法忽視的事引起我們的注意（27節），例如超自然的拯救、及時的供應，以及人心的轉變。但有些時候，祂會在我們引頸等待中悄然行事。今天讓我們帶著敬畏的心，留意祂在我們內心與周遭所行的事，信靠祂與祂的大能（23節）。

When the Transit Agency of Central Kentucky (TACK) renovated its headquarters, it wanted to make sure people noticed. Instead of a subtle sign or announcement, it installed a massive, nearly twenty-two-feet-tall thumbtack at its entrance. The thumbtack, a world record, is an undeniable marker that no passersby can miss.

In Daniel 6, God used something undeniable to get people’s attention: He miraculously rescued Daniel after he’d been placed in a lion’s den for choosing to defy King Darius’ decree by continuing to pray to God (vv. 10-23). The prophet survived because he’d “trusted in . . . God” (v. 23). Darius then declared that—unlike the dead idols of the Medes and Persians—Daniel’s God was “the living God [who] endures forever” (v. 26). He alone “rescues and . . . saves [and] performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth” (v. 27). It’s remarkable that even a pagan king acknowledged God’s power and sovereignty. Like a giant, divine “thumbtack,” God’s act of power couldn’t be overlooked.

Sometimes God gets our attention as He does something significant and undeniable (v. 27)—supernatural rescues, right-on-time provisions, and heart transformations. Other times, He works quietly as we watch and wait. Let’s stand in awe of what He’s doing in and around us today—trusting in Him and His great power (v. 23).