An Excellent Spirit
Daniel 6:3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 6:4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Having an excellent spirit is to be the outstanding and extraordinary person that God has created you to be Daniel’s story begins in scripture when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded and conquered Judah and captured Jerusalem, taking part of the vessels of gold and silver that belonged to the temple and placed those same sacred vessels in the temple of his own idol gods. As a young teenager, Daniel and many of his friends were all taken to Babylon as captives, to be trained in the ways of the Babylonians and become personal servants to the King. Right from the start...