By Tammy Phillips
September 2, 2024
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. (1Co 16:13 NKJV)
Two weeks ago, I was questioned, “Who are you following?” Immediately, Holy Spirit had a follow up question, “What are you standing for? What are you standing for?”
If Jesus is truly our Lord and Savior, how can we separate church and state in our stand? If Jesus is our King of Kings, do we think He is coming back to set up his kingdom with wishy washy agendas that change with the wind. No. The Bible is the inspired, authoritative, infallible word of God. It is very clear on God’s thoughts. It is our guide on how to live righteously. We cannot pick and choose the parts of His word we like and dismiss the parts we don’t. His word is to be believed in full or not at all. If God is truly God, I believe He can use imperfect man to scribe His word. My God is a big God. He does not fail, and He does not change. His word is true and to be trusted.
Jesus never compromised and neither can we as followers of Christ. The world is in the state it is today because as His followers, we HAVE COMPRIMISED His truth. We have opened the door and allowed the enemy to step in and have his way. We have not stood for righteousness. We have not endured. We have not persevered. We have not understood, sought, or even asked God His will, nor read His word. We have put our thoughts first. We have put our wants first. We have put our will first. Lucifer, one of God’s Archangels, did the same when He fell in Isaiah 14:12-14, “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [How] you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’” (Isa 14:12-14 NKJV) The “I will” did not work out too well for him, he got a new name, Satan, and it is not working out for the world right now.
Jesus’ disciples died in their stand for righteousness. Are we willing to die for what we stand for? That is hard to do when most so called Christians are passive, apathetic, and not taking a stand for anything.
How will we stand before Jesus on judgement day and account for our actions, when we are not standing for Him now ?
I enCOURAGE you to dig deep and really think, “What am I am standing for?” ) We all will be held accountable for our stand before God.
“For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11 For it is written: ‘[As] I live, says the LORD, Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue shall confess to God.’ 12 So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.” (Rom 14:10-12 NKJV
So, then…“put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places]. 13 Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand...” (Eph 6:11-14 NKJV)
(“What are you STANDING for?” Soon, I will share specifically where I stand according to the word of God. Praying about every word before I speak.)
Complete in Him 