FAITH CAPSULE: The character of living for God is giving to God.
Daniel 1
Giving back to God is always better than asking from God.
God is always a good God.
God is a caring Father.
God is a long-suffering God.
In the place of giving is the position to receive from Him.
Praising God is taking a position of giving to God.
Think of what to give back to God in the place of always asking from God.
Seeking God with a customized approach will draw God.
The character of living for God is giving to God.
Daniel lives a life of seeking God with a custom approach that delivered him from the wicked law not to terminate his life.
Daniel was a young captive when Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon besieged Jerusalem.
In the early days of Daniel as the captive, the King requested young men in whom there was no blemish, but who were good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge, and quick to understand, who could serve in the palace. (Daniel 1:4)
Daniel and others were to be treated with the daily provision of the delicacies and the wine of the King for three years of training to serve the King.
Daniel, who lived for God, did not accept anything outside God.
The book of Daniel 1:8 records, “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore, he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.”
The response of David is of one who seeks God but not man.
Daniel sowed for God to gain deliverance for his life.
Daniel had a custom of seeking God since his early days.
In a way, activate a practice of giving back to God.
Daniel gave himself to God and did not become a victim of wickedness.
The custom of seeking God is like a seed that should not die but remain alive before God.
The custom of Daniel was his seed, sown before God since his early days.
The life of Daniel demonstrates what it means to plant and reap from the seed of deliverance in times of troubling challenges.
Daniel 6:10 points to all about the seed of deliverance of Daniel, “Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.”
The custom of Daniel was the seed sown that delivered him in the time of challenge.
When having a custom of seeking God who acts for those who wait on Him, it is not possible to become a victim of the wicked world.
Sow the seed of seeking God continually and be counted as having a custom approach to God without failing.
Prayer for today: Ask God to take charge of your life to seek Him alone.