We live in a fast-paced, ever-moving world where everyone seems to be rushing in every direction.

And yet, in scripture, God desires to teach us that walking with him is our greatest and most important adventure.

Join Scott Pauli along this journey as we rediscover the joy of our walk with Christ.

At this stage on my own personal journey with the Lord, I've been giving a lot of thought to

what is the thing that God blesses most? Is it talent? Is it ability? Is it something that we can

accomplish? And I have come to this deep conviction that the thing that God blesses most is one thing, it's faithfulness.

It is the thing every one of us can be and can do. The Bible says that most men will proclaim

everyone his own goodness, but a faithful man who can find. The New Testament declares that it is

required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

And so today I want you to take a quick journey with me, if you will, with a man in the Old Testament

who I believe is the epitome of faithfulness.

He is the example of what faithfulness looks like, and that is Daniel.

The Bible says in Daniel chapter 1, verse 1, in the third year of the reign of Jehoicum, king of Judah, came Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon under Jerusalem, and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoacum, king of Judah, into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar, to the house of his God, and he brought the

vessels into the treasure house of his God. Now, we understand this is the Babylonian captivity.

This is Nebuchadnezzar carrying away from Israel, from Judah, all of the captives.

And in that group, there is a young man who's taken captive named Daniel. The Bible says in verse 3, and the king spake in Ashpenes, the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel and of the king's seed and of the princes, a children in whom was no blemish but well-favored and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning and knowledge and understanding science, and such has had ability in them to

stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning in the tongue of the Chaldeans,

and the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat and of the wine which he drank,

so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.

Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah,

Michelle, and Azariah, under whom the princes of the eunuchs gave names, for he gave

into Daniel the name of Belt Shazar, and to Hanoniah of Shadrach, and to Michelle of Meshach, and

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