Some people believe that because they are serving God they should not witness any opposition, they believe everything should and would be smooth sailing but unfortunately,serving God is not a Disney story
Whenever we are moving the kingdom of God, we will face opposition from the Prince of Darkness. This may be in form of anyone or anybody even a well meaning individual. When God raises you up, you can trust people to try to tear you down.
The Bible says
" we do not wrestle
If you are not ready to face opposition for your obedience to God, you are not ready to be used by God. Think about this!
As in the story of Daniel. Do you think Daniel knew that standing strong in God and refusing to worship the King Darius would lead to him being one of the biggest bible heroes for centuries over. Daniel just did what he was used to doing which is pray and worship God in his actions and everything he did. Even in the face of opposition, he prayed!
Kneeling to pray is what gives you the strength to face any opposition.
At one point in our lives. We as Christians will need to stand in one way or another because of our faith in God.
We may need to stand up against a world issue. We may stand and refuse to have premarital sex because we don't want to destroy our purity before God even if it means loosing your boyfriend, we might have to refuse some business deals because they are wrong, we may have to stop listening to some kinds of music or watching some kinds of movies, we may have to prevent our kids from doing certain things.
I cannot promise you that standing up for your beliefs will prevent you from facing some consequences. It may not stop people from resisting you, it may not stop you from being left out.
Daniel never knew how his story was going to end or if the lions were going to devour him or not. The only thing he was sure of was that God had always being faithful to him and that was his strength.
Standing strong might not work out the way you want or expect but
I can promise you though that when you do what is right,you can trust God with the result. Everything works out for good for those who trust God.
Written by Kachi
