Topic: STAND AND DON’T FALL OUT (2)
Scripture:
DANIEL 3:16-19
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
The three Hebrew boys were determined not to bow to the image of king Nebuchadnezzar. Look at what they said: But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. They choose to stand and refused to commit sin with the people. They stood their ground no matter the consequences. Well you may say that everybody was watching them. What of Joseph, who would have committed adultery with his master’s wife without anybody knowing of it. He refused and said: Genesis 39:9 says ‘’There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?’’ He saw it as a sin against God because he has a covenant with God. The sins that we commit are not only against our neighbors but also against God. In these critical times of great compromise, you must take your stand in God’s word. Take your stand to live upright. Take a stand to walk in love and purity. There are great and enormous blessings whenever we take our stand and refuse to fall out.
PRAYER
Oh lord thank you for the grace to stand in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ against the onslaught of Satan and his cohort in Jesus name.
