Daniel

Daniel is one of my favorite books. I love reading about the end times. There is so much information in this book about what is going to happen, but I also read of one of my favorite verses in all of scripture, Daniel 12:3. "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever."

This is my life's quest: to be wise and to lead many to righteousness. This only occurs as I'm allowing the work of the Holy Spirit to be working through me. The only way that I can ever be wise is for His wisdom to be at work in me. On the other side, the only way that I am righteous at all is for his righteousness to be at work in me. The only way that this equation can work is that I'm allowing the cross to be the central focal point of my life.

Overall, I'm a selfish individual. Therefore, righteousness is not apparent, and I'm not leading anyone towards it, quite the opposite. To go the way of the cross is to surrender, to give up, to humble myself and put Christ at the center of my life. His ways, His ideas, His passion and His leading. This will allow His life to be at work: and his life was righteous.