Daniel 6:10 And when he had learned that the document was signed, Daniel went to his house. And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem; and he kneeled on his knees three times a day and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
Let us take a moment to reflect on the life of Daniel. He was far from an ordinary man simply trying to manage the routine challenges of daily life. Rather, Daniel served in some of the most powerful empires of his time—Babylon and Persia—holding positions of immense influence and authority. He was entrusted with the affairs of kings, oversaw critical aspects of government, and was actively engaged in matters that shaped the course of entire kingdoms. If anyone had a justifiable reason to say he was too busy to pray, indeed, it would have been Daniel.
And yet, what do we find? Despite the immense pressure of his position and the constant demands on his time, Daniel made it a non-negotiable part of his life to set aside time to seek the Lord—three times a day. This was not casual or occasional; it was deliberate, disciplined, and deeply personal.
This truth challenges me—and perhaps it challenges you as well. We often speak of how busy we are. But busy with what, exactly? Much of our time is consumed with tasks, responsibilities, and endless lists of things to do. We are pulled in many directions, often overwhelmed and hurried. But if Daniel, amidst all the weight of governing a vast empire, could pause to commune with God, what then is our excuse?
Here is the sobering conclusion: if we find ourselves too busy to spend time with God, then we are likely doing more than He ever intended for us to carry. When our schedules are so full that our time with the Lord is the first thing to be neglected, it is a clear sign that our priorities have shifted out of alignment.
Let us take to heart Daniel’s example and choose to make time for the Lord—not out of mere obligation but from a deep sense of necessity and devotion. There will always be work to do. The needs are urgent, the responsibilities heavy, and the opportunities many. But none of these should ever come before the most vital relationship we possess—the one we share with our Heavenly Father.
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Exactly and amen!
John 5:18-20
21st Century King James Version
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, “Verily, verily I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do; for what things soever He doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son and showeth Him all things that He Himself doeth; and He will show Him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
Jesus only did and said what he heard and saw the Father do and say. How would things be if we did that? What would we stop doing?
Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Why do we live so far below what we are called to?
{He that believeth} this is why, it requires complete surrender. The thought is that each believer can have equal power with Christ to do what He did as well as greater things if and when the occasion calls for it.
Likely more than one reason, or maybe it's really one multi-faceted reason.
•• The abundance, the overflow, of our heart, is not the rivers of living water which the Holy Spirit supplies to those who drink and drink and drink and drink and drink and keep drinking from the fountain of Living Water.
•• Our heart capacity for Living Water is far too tiny, because the heart is full to overflowing, or at least nearly full to capacity, with:
-- cares of this world and deceitfulness of mammon, and
-- "wisdom" of this age, and
-- "entertainments" of the things God hates, and
-- too much worthless talk instead of sitting in silence in the presence of God to hear His instructive training and marching orders for today for the particular good works He foreordained for today
-- self-promotion and ideas and plans and problem solutions and judgments of life situations that we want to convince God to sign onto as our co-pilot, and
-- trust in man and man's smarts and counsels of the ungodly instead of total abandonment of surrender to the fullness of God, having presented our bodies to Him as living sacrifices, holy acceptable unto God, so we are left incapable of discerning what the will of the Lord is, thereby showing we must not believe that total surrender to Him is reasonable service, and
•• other such things which crowd the fullness of God out of our heart.
•• There are places recorded in scripture where Jesus went out to a secluded, quiet place, various times -- early in the morning; after withdrawing from large crowds; all night -- and He invested long periods of time in intimate prayer and communion with His Father, to keep His heart full and overflowing with rivers of living water, and to hear what His Father was saying and to see what He was doing.
Jesus, being without sin and without a polluted, cluttered heart, in His humanity guarded His heart with that level of diligence and single-mindedness.....just think what we need.