Higher Height I

Saturday 13 January   
READ: Daniel 6:1-3      
MORE LESSON: John 14:12      

Daniel first entered the land of Babylon as a slave. He was captured from the land of Israel by King Nebuchadnezzar. Then he rose steadily during the reigns of different kings and began to rule over the indigenes of the land. That was inspite of the fact that he was a stranger and a slave who was not qualified for anything more than serving and cleaning. Instead of doing things associated with a slave, he reigned in the class of the elite. The Bible says that he was promoted in a foreign land to the position of a president, and from a president he became the president of presidents. That is a higher height than an ordinary Jew in Babylon should have enjoyed. So he was higher than his fellow Jews by becoming a president in a strange land.

Joseph started enjoying higher height from his father's house; charity they say begins at home. His greatness began from his father's house. He was one of the youngest of all the children but because he was distinguished by the Almighty God, he became the jewel to the admiration of everybody in the house. The Bible says his father loved him more than his brothers. And what more? He moved from his father's house to become a man of divine love and admiration to the point that wherever he went he was preferred. Even in the prison he was preferred above his fellow prisoners.

The day he arrived the prison he was treated specially. He wasn't a warder but he was better than a prisoner; people began to seek for his favour even in the prison. Even the warders respected him; the Bible says he was preferred even in the prison. He was so preferred that even in Potiphar's house, his master's wife desired him. The wife of a general preferred a slave boy to her husband. This is the type of life God wants us to live. By God's design, you are meant to be celebrated and not tolerated or even pitied. I Peter 2:9 says  But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light.
If you are still being tolerated or even looked down on, you need to step to a higher height. If you are already on a high height, you must climb higher. Never be satisfied with where you are; there is room for more.       

Prayer/Action
*Pray that the priestly honour and royalty of a king will be evident in your life.
*Ask the Lord to take you to higher heights.
*Pray that God will grant you unsual favour and acceptance today.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
In 2018, every day is a closer walk with Jesus, in the name of Jesus.