COURAGE AND CHARACTER
Daniel 1

It is written in John 10:10, “…I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” He has already come that we may have life and that we may have it more abundantly. It is not a command to have life, but it is rather of choice to take what He has made available for us. He has spoken and He will not increase or lower His standard if we make the right choice to do what it takes to have the life He brought for us. How are you taking to the word of His provision? Are you positioning yourself in the word of God so as to pass into His promise or are you positioning yourself outside of His word so as to miss it diligently? The grace to take the life that Jesus brought is not just by memorizing the word of God because memorization without meditation will not bring forth any result. However, having been able to meditate is what will make us to be able to observe and do the word that will bring forth the result of His promise. 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Without the operation of courage and character that is in the word of God, it will be absolutely impossible to take the life that Jesus has made available for us. It only takes courage and character to live the life of abundance. Life of abundance is a life that is full of the power of God, love and of a sound mind. Daniel lived a life of abundance. He was unshakeable in all decision-making and that obedience set him up to be in the center of his divine assignment. Daniel, when he was to be down in self-pity after having become a captive at a young age, rather encouraged himself by trusting God enough to reject what does not glorify God. Daniel 1:8, “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.” After this response of Daniel, his story changed for good because he provoked the hand of God and while in captivity, lack could not have a way in his life; only abundance could. Daniel 1:9, “Now God had brought Daniel into the favor and goodwill of the chief of the eunuchs.” How could life be more abundant than to have favor and goodwill while in captivity? Daniel had the courage and the character that is rooted in trust in God and as a result, nothing could have possibly brought him down. Do you lack the courage and character that is rooted in the word of God? Is it a desire for you to have a life of abundance? Ask God today for He alone can deposit your desire in you.