The irony of it is I was mentally singing the books of the Bible song where it goes "Isaiah, Jeremiah..who wrote Lamentations, Ezekiel and Daniel who were true to their God!"
It was like when you want to get somewhere or find something and you are looking right at it but can't see it.. Maybe no one else has ever done this. The good thing that resulted was I felt this strange 'unction' that I needed to revisit Daniel because there was something that I was "missing" and wasn't seeing regarding this book. It plagued me for three days and when I finally pulled myself away from the New Testament and went back to read Daniel the first thing that really struck me was in verse 8. Then I decided to read the book and look at the verbs used with reference to Daniel to see what type of man he was. These are my first glimpses of his character.
"But Daniel purposed in his heart" 1:8 -- Determination, resolve, fortitude
"Daniel said …..’please’” 1:11 -- Gracious, manners, respect
"And Daniel continued..." 1:21 -- Perseverance, persistent, faithful
"Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom.." 2:14 -- Slow to speak, judgement, knowledge
"Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:" 2:17 -- Power in the unity of believers, 'where two or more are gathered.'
"Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven." 2:19 -- Recognition of Whose favor he had, praise and adoration to the giver of all things
"Then Daniel, whose name [was] Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled.." 4:19 -- Not all things are easy, the answer sometimes requires our deep searching and prayer
I wonder, what do verbs in reference to me say about my character?
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