Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. Daniel 1: 4 KJV
A lot of us for the love of money, the love of ourselves and the thirst for all things good, we have not being able to stand the test of time. The world dearly wants to attack the ones with the bright star, it wants to put the brightest in bondage. The world is ready to use your intelligence to advance themselves.
The point we are coming to today is that evil will always want to take the lead, take control and to seize power. The average person always wants to seek evil and get power. Everywhere you go in the world you tend to see that the wicked and the evil tend to take power. The irony is that generally, people tend to chose evil. When the Hebrews needed to chose between Christ and Barabbas; they chose the convicted criminal over Christ. So when the crowd had gathered, Pilate asked them, "Which one do you want me to release to you: Jesus Barabbas, or Jesus who is called the Messiah?"Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" asked the governor. "Barabbas," they answered." Matthew 27: 17, 21 KJV. The bible says the flesh lusts against the spirit and so we find it difficult to do those things that we desire to do. For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. Galatians 5: 17 KJV. This is the war we find our self in almost all the time. The world seeks to and wants to change the destiny of many Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: 7 Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. Dan 1: 6-7 KJV. The world gives the bright stars a new name, the world dearly wants to change your destiny. They change the direction in which you should follow. They use their wiles and every evil ways to take away that which God has imputed in you.
We are not to give in to the works of the enemy. God alone has given us all we need to be who we are created to be. No power or persons have the right to change what God has done. But it is important that we also stand firm and refuse to be derailed from our goal and from who we were created to be. We must say no to name change that the world wants to give us.
