Daniel 4

Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. (v. 37)

The story of Nebuchadnezzar ends well, with Him glorifying the God of Heaven.
The king, when he had come to his senses, sought to exalt the Lord, and recognize Him as the supreme King of kings, and Lord of lords. His understanding returned unto Him (v. 34), and his reason also returned (v. 36) and he was restored to his kingdom; but this time, a little more humble. Notice the difference that the Lord has made in his life:

“I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.” (vs. 2, 3)

His heart was full of praise. Nebuchadnezzar was not only thankful for the things the Lord had done for him, but he was not afraid to praise Him for it. He became a great testimony to the entire world, no doubt, about the greatness of God (v. 1). The king begins his testimony in v. 4, but the reason and the focus of it is seen in verse 17:

“This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.”

Nebuchadnezzar had finally learned that it is God that sets up kingdoms, and that tears them down again, and not man. The lesson came hard, but it did come. Some men will need drastic measures to see that our God is the God of glory, and to praise Him as such, while others take little prodding. One of the evidences of true salvation is that there is a desire to tell others. Nebuchadnezzar did just that, he told the entire world at the time. Even those outside the influence of Babylon, if there were any, had seen and heard of the great change, and that alone spoke of the greatness of God. The eyes of the world were on this great king, and on the realm unto which he ruled, and whether they gave fealty to him or not, they were made aware that something miraculous, and supernatural had happened there. Such great happenings could not have been suppressed, nor ignored. What will it take to humble us who are already redeemed by the blood of Christ?