Morning by Morning, March 1 - "An Excellent Spirit"
Good morning, Lord Jesus. Guide my heart and guide my steps into all You have in mind for the moments of my day. ...
"An excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel" (Daniel 5:12).
Daniel had "an excellent spirit." Even Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and his son after him who had been "weighed on the scales and found wanting" for his blasphemy against God, recognized Daniel's faithfulness and God-given spirit of excellence.
With spiritual wisdom and discernment, with faithfulness and humility, Daniel would not bow down to the false gods of the culture that surrounded him and constantly pressured him to conform. He bowed his knees to nothing but God. And he honored nothing above his God. So You filled his heart with "an excellent spirit" and gave him strategic favor to prevail and persevere and even prosper in every place You strategically positioned him for Your purposes.
Holy Spirit of the Living God, You are the excellent Spirit who fills our hearts as we open our hearts to the Living Presence of the Living Christ. You fill us with knowledge and understanding, with spiritual wisdom and discernment, with faithfulness and humility, that we can stand firm in our faith, despite all the pressures of our current culture we may endure. Like the foreshadowing of the example of Daniel of the Old Covenant and the present fulfillment of every faithful follower of Jesus Christ under the New Covenant, Your power and presence fills our hearts to "be shameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which (we) shine like stars in the world.... holding fast to the word of life" (Philippians 2:15-16).
I pray to have that "excellent spirit." I pray to be filled afresh everyday with Your Holy Spirit (Ephesians 5:18). I pray to be a "good steward" of the spiritual gifts, the spiritual fruit, and the spiritual character of Christ You're forming in me (1 Peter 4:10). And I pray to be "found faithful" to stand firm as I humbly bow to nothing but You, no matter what pressures may come or our culture may seek to impose (1 Corinthians 4:2). In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
My friend, may you be filled with the Holy Spirit of the Living God, the Spirit of the Living Presence of the Living Christ, to have an excellent spirit to be found faithful to our God through these challenging times, in Jesus name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
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Tommy & Rocio Hays
Messiah Ministries
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San Antonio, Texas 78257
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