So, during my study time, I have been trying to keep track of verses of great importance—now, before you pick up that stone and smash through your screen; I believe the entire word of God is inspired and God breathed. His word is always right no matter where we are at, but some verses just have a pull toward my heart and some of these verses have made their way into my head, or at least on to my desk. The verse I read today is no exception. It comes from Daniel 6:4: “Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way Daniel was handling government affairs, but they couldn’t find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.” (NLt2)
I’m sure you’re familiar with the story, But the king had set up ‘regional ministers” to look after his affairs, and Daniel was one of these people. the Other ministers didn’t like tjhe attention that Daniel had been getting from the chief, so they set out to find something wrong with him… but as this verse tells us, there was nothing wrong with him; no fault in him could be found.
The life lesson here is that we, as followers of Jesus, should conduct ourselves in the same way as Daniel, because believe it or not, people are looking at us, watching us to see how we respond, and if, as my friend Karl Ingersoll used to say: “if what you believe makes no difference, then it makes no difference what you believe.” Daniel was such a man who lived what he believed and everyone saw it.
Now, I understand that we always don’t measure up; we tend to drop the ball more often than not, and that’s where grace comes in, thankfully, but it should be our mission to act like Daniel did. I’m thinking our corner of the world would be much better of a place if we were: “faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy.”
(I also like verses 10-11 of this same chapter; but maybe I’ll save that for another time.)
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