I’m sorry for the unreasonably long delay between parts 4 and 5.  If you want to look back on the other parts, here are the links:

Part 1 - What it Takes to Stand Before Kings

Part 2 - Do You Have What it Takes?

Part 3 - How Bad Do You Want It?

Part 4 - Waiting Won’t Kill You

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Tags: Daniel, David, do the right thing, Esther, integrity, Joseph

Before Daniel even met King Nebuchadnezzar, he underwent three years of training.  The Bible doesn’t tell us much about what on during that time.  The Bible seems to have a habit of sparing us those details.  When Esther was brought to the palace, before she even met the king, she went through 6 months of training.  How about Joseph?  He waited in prison for years before he was brought to the palace.  Or think about David, who was anointed to be king but spent the next several years being chased through the wilderness by the reigning king who wanted him dead.  And then there’s Jesus Christ, our LORD and Savior, who spent 30 years on this earth during which time we know next to nothing of what went on.

Tags: Daniel, David, Esther, Jesus, Joseph, waiting, worth the wait

I love stories like the one of Jonathan and his armor bearer taking on the entire Philistine army.

Or David, a mere shepherd boy, taking on a giant that is feared even by the King and his troops. Youngest in his family. Chosen as King of all of Israel.

Or Gideon, the least of the least — the youngest in his family and part of the weakest tribe in Manasseh. But God calls him “mighty warrior” and chooses him to defeat the Midianites, their enemy.

Or Esther, an orphan and a Jew that becomes Queen and defeat’s Haman’s decree to kill all of the Jews in Israel.

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