If you are looking to feed and challenge your faith, visit
Crosswalk.com's Spiritual Life Channel at:
http://spiritual.crosswalk.com
-----------

T O D A Y    G O D    I S    F I R S T
                  Marketplace Meditations
                       by Os Hillman

An Encounter With God

So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision; I had no
strength left, my face turned deathly pale and I was helpless.
- (Daniel 10:8)


Daniel received a vision that troubled him greatly. He wanted
understanding of this vision. He set himself out to understand
the vision by fasting for three weeks. Three days after his three
weeks of fasting, a messenger of God appeared to Daniel. The
messenger explained that Heaven had heard his prayer from the
first day, but the angel was temporarily prevented from coming by
the prince of Persia, a demon angel, who sought to thwart God's
messenger from coming to Daniel.

There are times in our lives when we must set ourselves to
seeking God with all our hearts. It is in these times that we
hear from Heaven in ways we may never have experienced before.
Daniel's perseverance in prayer was rewarded with a personal
encounter with Heaven. However, in order to receive from God,
Daniel had to be left alone, his strength removed, and be placed
in a helpless condition. When we have no ability in our own
strength to move Heaven or the events around us, we are in
position to hear from Heaven. It is the acknowledgment of our
humanity and our frailness that places us in a position to have a
personal encounter with the living God.

Do you need a personal encounter with God today? Do you need God
to intervene on your behalf? Seek Him with all your heart.
Demonstrate to Him you are serious. Get alone and acknowledge
your helpless condition before Him. He will reward you with His
presence.




Published and distributed by Crosswalk.com, this daily devotional is
written by Os Hillman (os@marketplaceleaders.org).  Os is president of
Marketplace Leaders, an Atlanta based ministry teaching Biblical
principles for career and business success.  He offers a FREE newsletter
and other resources at:
http://www.marketplaceleaders.org

Order "TGIF: Today God I s  First" - 365 daily meditations to motivate
and inspire for $17 for TGIF subscribers. Click here to order:

http://www.marketplaceleaders.org/displayroom/skudetail.nhtml?uid=10055

To support Os Hillman  & Marketplace Leaders , click:
 https://nhf.org/applications/donate.htm?FDN=Marketplace%2BLeaders

Mail: 3520 Habersham Club Drive, Cumming, Georgia 30041 USA.


____________________SUBSCRIPTION INFO_______________________

* You subscribed to Marketplace Meditations as:
         < jeff.king@enron.com >
* To unsubscribe from this newsletter immediately, click here:
         < http://link.crosswalk.com/UM/U.ASP?A3.12.261895 >
  If that link is not clickable, simply copy and paste it into
  your browser window.
* To change the email address at which all of your
Crosswalk subscriptions are received, click here:
http://lists.crosswalk.com/chaddr/1,,,.htm?3~261895~V9udWFWFS8ES
* To subscribe, send an email to:
  < SUBSCRIBE-marketplace@lists.crosswalk.com > or go to
  < http://www.crosswalk.com/lists > for a complete list of
  our newsletters.
* Copyright ? 2001 Crosswalk.com, Inc. and its Content
  Providers. All rights reserved.

____________________________________________________________