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image that He made? That was only a picture of the head, not
the whole image. According to Daniel 3:1 it was sixty cubits,
or about ninety feet high. Just understand that this was very
big, very impressive, very large and very scary. When we think
about our own sin nature and we want victory over it, it’s very
big, very large, and very impressive and it’s very scary. If you
have ever struggled with the flesh, you know how big it is.
When you look at the image, it’s just an image. In other
words, it’s a statue. It’s not alive. Gold glitters but it’s dead.
Silver sparkles but it’s dead. You can shine brass but it’s dead.
Iron is strong but there is no life in it. When you are wrestling
the flesh you forget that it’s not real. It’s a kingdom of stone.
That’s all it is. As you look more and more you see the value
decreases as you get to the foundation. This image of man has
a fading glory. Gold is more valuable than silver and silver is
more valuable than brass and brass is more valuable than iron
and iron is more valuable than clay mixed with iron. With these
eyes it looks so big and it looks so scary; but it’s dead! Jesus
took you to the cross and there is no value in it at all. As you
look at the image of man you say, “How can we deal with that
image? It’s too big for me.”
One time I was studying with a friend and he finds
principles everywhere. I asked my friend, “Why does God tell
us that Goliath had six toes on each foot?” And his answer was,
“To teach us that we cannot stand toe to toe with the enemy!”
When we see the flesh we can’t handle it. You can’t fight Satan.
That’s why Jesus did it for you. He didn’t do it once as your
example. He did it as your substitute, so that you don’t have to
do it. The war is over.

Daniel 2:34, “You continued looking until a stone was
cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron
and clay, and crushed them.” God showed Daniel a little stone
coming out of heaven, a stone not made with hands.
Daniel 2:35, “Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver
and the gold were crushed all at the summer threshing floors;
and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was
found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great