Pastor, sometimes the situation in front of you seems impossible. You may be out of resources. You may be out of options or hope.

The truth is, most of us have no idea how to navigate impossible situations.

But we can learn how to overcome tough situations by looking at the life of Daniel.

In Daniel 2, King Nebuchadnezzar had gone to his astrologers with a desperate need for them to interpret a dream. When they couldn’t do it, he planned to execute them. Then he sent someone to get Daniel. Daniel didn’t panic. Instead, he worshiped God.

That’s a great model for how we can respond to impossible situations in our ministries. It’s not natural. You’ll have plenty of other people in your church who will recommend all kinds of other actions when your church faces the impossible.

But worshiping God in the middle of the impossible is the best response.

Worship is much more than just music. There are thousands of ways to worship. Anytime you turn your attention to God, that’s worship. When you express your love to God, that’s worship. You don’t have to be in church to worship.

When you worship God, you move your focus off of your problem and onto God.

The Bible says of Daniel, “That night the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven” (Daniel 2:19 NLT).

The passage shows you how to worship God in the midst of a crisis. Specifically, Daniel did three things:

- He praised God for who he is. (v. 20)

- He honored God for what he does. (v. 21-22)

- He thanked God for his help. (v. 23)

That’s worship. Do that and you’ll move the focus off of you and your problems and put it on God.

And he’s always where our focus should be.