The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego has always been one of my favorites. As a child, I loved the story’s sense of adventure. As a teen, I was moved by the three Hebrew children’s determination and conviction. But as an adult, it’s the hidden part of their story that speaks to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Andrew’s new teaching, An Excellent Spirit,<\/em> he talks about this hidden part of their story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everybody would like to have the benefits that Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego had. <\/em>[But] it says right here (Daniel 6:3) that the reason he was promoted was because he had an excellent spirit\u2026. Everybody would like <\/em>[promotion] , but not everybody does the things that produce an excellent spirit\u2026. God is not the one who determines whether you have an excellent spirit!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n I’ve seen the truth of that statement in my own life. When I turned sixteen, I prayed for a job. And when God gave me the opportunity to work somewhere besides fast food, I jumped on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I started working for minimum wage, wrapping Christmas presents in a ritzy gift shop downtown. Sooner than anticipated, the holiday rush was over, and my hours dwindled. With no other skills to speak of, it began to look like I would lose my job. So, I made a point of learning new skills every time I was on the schedule. I cleaned the windows. I swept the floor. I took out the trash. I dusted shelves. I spent all of my time organizing supplies or finding lost merchandise in our behemoth of a storage room. And I kept my job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All that time spent in the backroom made me very familiar with our product, and before long, my coworkers started asking questions to which I knew the answers. My confidence grew, and I began taking on more responsibilities. I learned how to display merchandise, write tickets, and work the cash register. I learned how to manage customer accounts and interact with them on the phone. I even started placing reorders. Soon, my boss took notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Andrew says,<\/p>\n\n\n\n I’m telling you, God made every one of us to succeed. Now, this is relative to what God’s will is for you. He may not call you to do [what I’m doing], but He has called you to greatness\u2026. If you’re working in a business, God wants you to be the best worker there is. If you <\/em>[work] with an excellent spirit, as Daniel did, I guarantee you, it would be just a short period of time until somebody would see that excellence, and they would set you over the entire deal.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n It’s true! One day when I arrived at work, my boss called me into her office to give me a list of jobs to complete while she was gone. “Roxanne,” she added as we finished, “I just officially made you the manager. See you when I get back.” I was seventeen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.<\/em><\/p>Luke 16:10<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Discover the characteristics of an excellent spirit with Andrew’s new teaching, An Excellent Spirit<\/a><\/em>. This teaching is also available to watch<\/a> on the Gospel Truth<\/em> broadcast. Prepare to be positioned for promotion today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Share a comment below if this has inspired you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego has always been one of my favorites. As a child, I loved the story’s sense of adventure. As a teen, I was moved…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":16255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[278],"tags":[590],"class_list":["post-16249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-an-excellent-spirit"],"acf":[],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"\n