An excellent spirit

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. – Daniel 6.1-3

Another king and another promotion for Daniel. Darius was now king and he went about restructuring the government of Babylon. He was the king. He set up 120 princes over the various realms of the kingdom. Over these he set three presidents to supervise them and the serve as something of an appeals court. The most important of that group was Daniel.

All of a sudden Daniel was acting as the prime minister of the land.

Needless to say the other officials were angry, and that is going to bring a cost.

But what was it about Daniel that made him so popular and prompted the king to promote him to prime minister

Along with all the other compliments about Daniel here we read that he had ‘an excellent spirit’ in him. His excellent spirit was not only seen by God’s people. Everyone saw his excellent spirit that was manifested in all he did.

I have to wonder if I have any kind of an excellent spirit in me that the world can see. Are there things in my life that cause me to stand out in a positive way? Is my spirit the excellent spirit that others will want in their lives?