Understanding what’s important and what isn’tWe all have CHOICES. No-one is a victim of circumstances beyond their control. Every day we have hundreds of choices. When you add up your daily choices they create your life – one choice at a time. Daniel was a wise chooser. He lost his freedom, his home, his culture, his friendships, his status. But Daniel made a choice. He resolved in his heart that he would honour God. Daniel 1:8. He asked to be on the Jerusalem Diet. Daniel had to exercise faith that God would honour him. And God did. Daniel 15-17 As they went through life Daniel and his friends had to make difficult choices. If they had not made right choices at the start, to honour God, then they would never have had the strength to face the furnace and the lions’ den Daniel 3: 16-18 Daniel 6: 10 Daniel flourished because, even in exile, he refused to believe he was helpless. “What do I have left?” David Rabin Have you got a good eyebrow? Then it’s your turn. Your body is not you. Your job is not you. Your success, reputation and possessions are not you. Your circumstances and limitations are not you. There is a You in You that God put there! Victor Frank One freedom left – to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances. “His guards had more liberty but he had more freedom” “Dare to be a Daniel Dare to stand alone!” Choose to go on a Daniel adventure this week. Choose to honour God
Never give up on your spirit. Take action. Do something. Help someone else. N.B. When you resolve to honour God in your heart He becomes involved in your life in ways you can’t foresee. |