Sunday, September 19, 2010
Read Daniel 3
By Arlene Thomas
The sun that hardens clay to brick
Can soften wax to shape and mold;
So too life’s trials will harden some,
While others purify as gold.
I am very passionate about saving the earth. My husband isn’t quite as passionate as I am, and thinks I’m eccentric when I bring my reused Styrofoam cup with me to Hog-n-Bonz on Saturday mornings. But I have a deep conviction to reduce, reuse, and recycle!
This made me think. No one has ever accused me of being eccentric about my faith. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were certainly eccentric about their faith. They stood firmly by their convictions to the point of death. Impressing the king did not cross their minds. They chose to be purified as gold!
Applying the Truth as an Individual
Have you ever been ridiculed for your faith? Is that because you aren’t standing by your convictions? Do you come through your trials purified like gold?
Jesus said we are blessed if we “are persecuted for righteousness’ sake.” Let’s make it our goal to me persecuted. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? But who are we trying to impress, people or God? We must stand firm in our faith!!!
Applying the Truth as a Church
PVBC has been ridiculed numerous times throughout our community because of our mistakes, stubbornness, and self-serving attitudes. Let’s unite to become a winning church!! Let us be ridiculed because we are a people of conviction, unwavering, undivided, and unstoppable. We can be this and more through the power of the Holy Spirit.
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