Greetings, here’s breakfast, it’s the same breakfast we have been eating all week, hope your enjoying it!
Daniel 6: 3
Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
· We have been looking at the subject of excellence and that now that we have the Spirit of Jesus living in us we should have a heart that wants to do things with greater measures of excellence than we did before - Having Gods Spirit in you will never make you worse only ever better!
· It is good for us to understand that there is a difference between excellence and perfection, so often when people have a spirit of perfection they can strive to do what they there not able to or try to buy what they can’t yet afford and get into a whole lot of trouble, there is a difference between excellence and perfection.
· To me excellence is simply to live committed to “doing the best you can with what you presently have”. Don’t live in what you have not got mobilize and use to the best of its potential what you do.
· Remember a few weeks ago when we spoke of Moses Gods response to Him was “use what is presently in your hand” What is in your hand (life) today? As you are faithful to excellence with that so increase will come for your tomorrow intentions and dreams
When people met Daniel they encountered a Spirit or a heart marked with a big X, His heart was truly Ex-Rated, so should our hearts be in the purest sense.
Our Hearts (spirits) should be:
Expectant – His spirit is the ultimate atmosphere of faith, be believing for great things today independent of what you are currently going through.
Excited – Let your passion for your God and His plans for you flow out of you like a river today and be infectious to others (that’s called evangelism).
Extravagant – Live big, especially when it comes to God give and live Big? Live to do more than enough not just what will do.
And of course Excellent – don’t live trying to do what you can’t with what you don’t have, do the very best you can with what you do!
To many times when people meet Christians they meet people who are negatively X rated they experience people who are, Exhausted, Extinguished and even Exhumed, let that never be us.
Have an awesome day of influence and impact.
Andy
A devotional by Pastor Andy Elmes to inspire you with a godly thought to start your day well. God’s word is indeed the breakfast of champions.
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Andy Elmes
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