=LIVING AN EXCELLENT LIFE WILL STIR OTHERS UP.=
Daniel 6:3 -5 (NKJV)
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. 4 So the governors and satraps sought to find some
charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge
or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in
him. 5 Then these men said, "We shall not find any charge against this
Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God."
Let's stay with the thought of Daniel and His excellent Spirit again today.
When you choose to live with a spirit of excellence it will always cause a
reaction in others. Some will be motivated and challenged to up there game
and live at a higher level, but as we see with Daniel, others will be
annoyed because it challenges them, but they don't want to deal with
challenge or change.
Look at verse 4, Daniel, living an excellent life, challenged the other
leaders and instead of seeing Daniel as a great "pace setter". They turned
nasty and tried to set Him up to bring him down. Why did they not find it
easy setting him up? Verse 4 tells us plainly, "because He was faithful".
When they brought his life under the microscope they could not find
infection because excellence went through to the bones of who he was. His
faithful lifestyle made sure that there were no corners that could let him
down. Wow, that inspires me. How about you? It says, "there was no error or
fault in him!"
When you read on in the story you see that they had to resort to setting him
up according to his prayer life because there simply was no other ammunition
they could use. That is because he was a man committed to excellence which
meant all the corners were straight and the little things taken care of.
Living from an excellent spirit sets you up to be blameless and people have
to resort to lies and set-ups to catch you out as well. This is how God
would have us to live.
They eventually set Him up according to His prayer life because they knew
that he prayed 3 times a day with excellence. That's amazing, because they
set him up in accordance to his guaranteed faithfulness. They could set him
up in this because they knew he would not miss his prayer time.
It's ends all good though, because even though they set him up, God had his
back covered and what was meant to bring him down ended up getting him
lifted higher. That's what happens when you live a God-filled, excellent
life. Everything your enemy throws at you will only get you promoted.
I hope you're challenged by Daniel's life. Today, live in such a way that
you motivate some to 'up there game', and aggravate other's because any
response is better than no response.
God bless
Andy
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