BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezek 12-14
TAKE YOUR STAND
MEMORIZE: "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD" (Psalms 119:1)
READ: Psalms 119:1-8
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were four of the Jewish captives carried into Babylon. The city of Babylon in those days was the headquarters of evil. Idolatry ruled the day. Immorality was rife. The prevalence of sin in Babylon swept the other Jewish captives into compromise. “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself” (Daniel 1:8). One reason God caused those four Hebrews to stand out was because they were determined to remain wholly dedicated to God. No pressure from fellow compromising Jews, officials of the king, or the king himself could make them change their minds. Meanwhile, God was watching with keen interest. He saw four men who stood to make His name known, so He arose and distinguished them from the crowd. Daniel 1:17 says God made their intellectual womb so fertile that it became an uphill task for any student to catch up with them. It was an impossibility. This shows that God is ever ready to increase whatever He has given to you. Are you great? You can be greater. Are you intelligent? You can become more intelligent. The other lesson is that the degree to which you determine to stand for God and use whatever He has given you to make Him known, will determine the measure of multiplication
Heaven will release to you.
Daniel stood against defilement. Psalms 119:1 says, “Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD”. Do you realize that every atom of defilement that comes into your heart robs you of the winning streak? That defilement is out to steal from you. Joseph refused to be defiled. He resisted being raped by his master’s lustful wife. If he had yielded, he could have told the world he did not want to do it, but was raped. Many believers today rationalize compromise. Men might exonerate you, but will God do so when He knows you refused to use the way of escape available to you? Joseph knew that single act of compromise could truncate his destiny, so he fled. What are you doing that can rob you of your future glory? If you will be outstanding, you must first take your stand for Jesus.
ACTIONPOINT: Each act of defilement destroys a building block of your glorious future until that glory is completely eroded. Stop mortgaging your future!
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