My Broski, Eyram is Back with another brilliant piece of his heart.
Enjoy...
There was no epiphany, but I have
come to realize that whatever we go through in life is to test our resolve to
stand by the principles we claim to live by.
It happened to Joseph; stuck in a
foreign land with a godless, pagan, hedonistic culture. He was stripped of his
family and spiritual support system. Several dozen rounds of alluring
temptations were thrown at him. He was treated unfairly again and again. And
then his ego was fed with promotion and success. Yet by staying true to God and
the principles he was raised with, Joseph lived through all of that without
giving in.
It happened to Daniel as well; deported
to a foreign land after Judah was conquered, he had every right to question why
the God who wrought those wonders of old had forsaken his people. He was surrounded
by an egocentric ruler, and the lure of idolatry was everywhere. Yet he too
never gave in.
And it happens to me – and to you.
Day after day, moment after moment, we seem to be pressurized by circumstances
to give in and forsake the principles we have come to cherish in our lives.
But
you see we lose ourselves when we compromise the ideals and principles that we
stand for. What will be said of a Joseph who gives in to the seduction of
Potiphar’s wife? What will be said of a Daniel who puts away prayer for a month
because of a decree?
And here’s the thing; God mightn’t be
“angry” at those who bow to the golden image when the cue is given (we don’t
read of anything like that in Daniel 3, do we?) but he sure shows that He is
impressed by those who choose to stand for him by not bowing (remember the 3
Hebrew boys?). And maybe, it wouldn’t be as “grand” as having a fourth guy in the furnace with us, or coming out of that furnace without proof of the experience, but it
could be us becoming much more than we dream of becoming (like it happened to
Joseph and Daniel).
So here’s my pledge; in my faith
walk, in my purity, in my principles, I choose to refuse to allow – no
compromise.
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Thanks a ton hun!
