As most of you know I have been at a conference this week. There are many interesting people here. The power of the presence of God is what I am enjoying the most. When a person knows God in a personal way and has a true relationship with the person of the Holy Spirit that power is resident in their life. You know when someone has that presence and when they don’t. You see it in their eyes. You hear it in their words. You know it.
At lunch today I was asking a young man how he kept himself anchored to Christ through his undergraduate years of college and through his studies throughout law school. He shared it was partly focus (he had a wife and children), partly his upbringing (his parents were ministers) but then the look in his eye changed and he said, “My father told me in order to be successful in Babylon I would need to have a Daniel spirit.” At that moment the entire story of Daniel riveted through my mind. Yes, I said to myself that would work. It did work. Daniel is proof that a young man can not only survive but thrive in a corrupt culture.
The Bible is not just a book to be read. The Bible is not just bread to eat. The Bible is a life to be lived. Just as Christ became the word made flesh, you and I must live the life that the word of God produces. The story of Daniel in this man’s life was not just imitated but emulated. I kept repeating this young man’s words over and over to myself. I rehearsed in my mind what Daniel had refused to do. What Daniel refused to partake of. How Daniel would not deny His God. A young man that lived out his faith.
Isn’t that what we all long for? To see the Bible work in the lives of those who work the Bible. I encourage you to work the word in your life today. Live to bring the stories to life in your own life. Be a living testimony. When others see into your life may the pages of the Bible rivet through their spirit.
At lunch today I was asking a young man how he kept himself anchored to Christ through his undergraduate years of college and through his studies throughout law school. He shared it was partly focus (he had a wife and children), partly his upbringing (his parents were ministers) but then the look in his eye changed and he said, “My father told me in order to be successful in Babylon I would need to have a Daniel spirit.” At that moment the entire story of Daniel riveted through my mind. Yes, I said to myself that would work. It did work. Daniel is proof that a young man can not only survive but thrive in a corrupt culture.
The Bible is not just a book to be read. The Bible is not just bread to eat. The Bible is a life to be lived. Just as Christ became the word made flesh, you and I must live the life that the word of God produces. The story of Daniel in this man’s life was not just imitated but emulated. I kept repeating this young man’s words over and over to myself. I rehearsed in my mind what Daniel had refused to do. What Daniel refused to partake of. How Daniel would not deny His God. A young man that lived out his faith.
Isn’t that what we all long for? To see the Bible work in the lives of those who work the Bible. I encourage you to work the word in your life today. Live to bring the stories to life in your own life. Be a living testimony. When others see into your life may the pages of the Bible rivet through their spirit.
RSS Feed