God meant life to be an Adventure

Life, Adventure or Battle

By William M. Self

Everything God gave you is to 

Make your life a great adventure

Are you living it to the fullest

Daniel talks of a time when the
 “sanctuary of strength” is polluted...

The fortress and security, the power and might...

The sacrifices, the daily disciplines are set aside.

Instead of praise for doing good,
 flatteries corrupt the people.

 Flattery is the best form of lying.

Daniel is saying the abomination is weak, 
undisciplined people sitting around 
saying things to make you feel good.
  

This lazy attitude will make life
 “desolate”, empty and bare.

But Daniel, a highly disciplined
achiever, gives us the contrast...

“But the people that do know their 
God shall be strong, and do exploits.”

The word “exploits” is a great word 
but it is not found in the Hebrew text.

It was put there by the translators 
to make the English easier to read.
 

The Hebrew text reads...   
 

“People that do know their God shall be strong, and do.”

The Hebrew word “do” `asah (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application accomplish, advance, appoint, apt,
 be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, certainly, have the charge of, commit, 
deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress (-ed), (put in) execute (-ion), exercise, fashion, 
feast, [fighting-] man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, 
grant, great, hinder, hold ([a feast]), indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labor, maintain, 
make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, 
practice, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, sacrifice, serve, set, shew, sin, spend,
 surely, take, thoroughly, trim, very, vex, be [warr-] ior, work (-man), yield, use.

After reading the descriptive list of the word “do”, you 
can see why the translators inserted the word “exploits”

God never intended “life” for us to be sitting around in the sun drinking margaritas speaking words that make us feel good.

God meant life to be an adventure.

God meant for our lives to be filled with exploits.

God meant for His people to be disciplined and strong.

Exploits... “brilliant and heroic acts, employing 
the greatest possible advantage to the gifts,
 talents and abilities God has given you”

Is your adrenaline pumping?

Scripture Reading

Daniel 11:31-32 KJV

31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.

32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.