Monday, November 11, 2013

Bible Verse of the Week

Daniel 1:10-16 (ESV) "And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, "I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king." Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, "Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see." So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days..."

For those of us who have read this passage before, we know that after the ten days, Daniel and his men were stronger and healthier than the other youths. When I read this passage, I begin to ask myself this question: "How am I stewarding the body that God has given to me? Am I taking care of it? Am I treating it as a temple? Am I allowing myself to enjoy the rich things the Lord has blessed me with, while still being faithful to what the Lord has entrusted me?"





No comments:

Post a Comment