"At the beginning of your supplications the command went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are preciousness itself. Therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision." (Daniel 9:23) Daniel is called, not only preciousness, but he is called preciousness itself. This means that Daniel was so infused with a vision for God’s economy that from God’s point of view Daniel is the epitome of what is precious to God. I think we struggle so much to try and please God and become Worthy in his sight. We find ourselves trying to do something or be something for him. We consequently are found living in the realm of condemnation, failure, and looking at our mistakes. Do you know what God wants? If you could just describe his eternal purpose for the next three minutes, what would you say? Every Christian should have a vision for Gods, eternal purpose. Then that purpose of God should be the passion of all of our praying and our living. To the Ephesians, Paul prayed that God would open the eyes of the hearts in the church. "The eyes of your heart having been enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling," (Ephesians 1:18). If you and I could pray longingly for what God desires to see fulfilled on the Earth this kind of prayer would garner the attention of the Heavens. This kind of prayer sent Gabriel‘s to the side of the Saint Daniel. This kind of prayer commands God to perform his will on the Earth. This kind of saint is preciousness itself to the Lord.
