Cast not away … your confidence, which has great recompence of reward. For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise. Hebrews 10:35,36
Be confident: you can understand the Bible. What you do not yet understand, the Holy Spirit is in the process of revealing to you. Be like Daniel. He was confident and focused. Still young, he was brought to the palace of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.
Because of the sins of others Daniel suffered along with them, was brought captive to a foreign land, but there he thrived. Daniel, in the Bible, had such an excellent spirit that the king of Babylon noticed and promoted him - - He excelled. He overcame the wicked culture by purposing from inside: “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself…” Daniel 1:8
His power came from within. “He believed in his God…” (Daniel 6:23) We can do this too through the personal, intimate relationship with God through Jesus. We can do this today! We can have the understanding that comes because the Holy Spirit “dwells,” lives, abides in every Believer. “But the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true and no lie, and as He has taught you, abide in Him.” 1 John 2:27
How amazing is this! Power from within. Today, “out there” are elitists claiming to have special knowledge. You and I have the Holy Spirit to teach us: “abide” is what we can purpose to do. In Him lies the power to be close to God. "Abide (continue) in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me." John 15:4
We can do this, too! We can change the world around us and who knows how far out.
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