Be passionate for the Spirit

"For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit."

Romans 8:5

What things are you after as a child of God? Are you driven by fleshly desires or the passions of the spirit? Be driven by the passions of the spirit. Be driven by the things that please God. Daniel was a man that was driven by the passions of the spirit. The Bible says concerning him in Daniel 1:8, "But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself."

Therefore, because Daniel and his friends were after the things of the Spirit, the Bible tells us in Daniel 1:17-20, "As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore

stood they before the king. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm."

God is able to make you ten times better than all your peers, contemporaries and competitors, if only you will be after the things of the Spirit. Excellence and creativity flow from your spirit. So, as you are passionate after God and those things that please Him, the excellence and creativity in your spirit are enhanced more and more until you become a wonder and a standard to your world.

Prayer.

Dear Father, I receive grace for consistency to you and to the disciplines of your Spirit. As I thirst after you and those things that please you, may excellence and creativity be augmented in me, making me ten times better than all my peers, contemporaries and competitors in Jesus Name. Amen.

For further study read:

Galatians 5:22-25, Colossians 3:1-3, Psalm 63:1-11.

Doing the Word

Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.