Monday January 29th, 2024
« This man, Daniel, distinguished himself among the other officials and satraps because there was an extraordinary spirit in him. The king thought about putting him in charge of the whole kingdom »
1 Darius the Mede decided to divide the kingdom into 120 provinces, and he appointed a high officer to rule over each province.
2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests.
3 Daniel soon proved himself more capable than all the other administrators and high officers. Because of Daniel’s great ability, the king made plans to place him over the entire empire.
There is a link between dominion and excellence.
This is the reason we shall be discussing the spirit of excellence today so that our dominion may not only become a reality but that it may also be everlasting.
What is excellence?
To understand what excellence is about, we must appreciate the good.
However, excellence is far better than very good not to talk of good, fairly good and fair.
As a matter of fact, the good at one level may not be good enough at another level. However,
when we talk of excellence, it is hardly misunderstood.
What happens when the Spirit of excellence envelops an individual?
To start with, the one with the spirit of excellence knows no impossibility.
When the writing that spelt the judgement of Belshazzar could not be interpreted, the queen-mother advised that Daniel should be consulted.
Why? The Bible says in Daniel 5:12 NASB
« This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of riddles, and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation »
Daniel was able to do the impossible because an excellent spirit was upon him.
The spirit of excellence makes the possessor see the invisible.
Joseph also possessed an excellent spirit and so, he saw the seven years plenty and seven years of famine a long time before they happened (Genesis 41).
A person with an excellent spirit will understand what others around him may not understand as found in Daniel 7.
Daniel was made to understand what the entire realm did not because he possessed the Spirit of excellence.
A man with the Spirit excellence succeeds where others fail.
Beloved, you need the Spirit of excellence to succeed in life and it can only be found in Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit is the excellent Spirit and His presence upon us give us power to do exploits (Acts 1:8).
Give your life wholly to Jesus Christ so He can fill you with the Spirit of excellence.
Prayer focus – Father, please fill me afresh with Your Spirit of excellence, in Jesus’ name.
Author – Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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