Called Out, Stand Out!

“It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of sin” Heb.11:24-25

What is Moses’ example? Moses’ example is do not align with Egypt. Do not align with Egypt; the life of compromise always doesn’t count. Everyone that lives a life of compromise will end up living a worthless life. The life that will count is the life that stays true to its mission. Moses was not just raised in Egypt, he was raised in the palace. Meaning he had access to best education, the best chariot, gold, silver, and anything he could ask for. But Moses chose to align with God and not with Egypt. I do not know what pressure you are on to align with Egypt but God is saying to you today do not compromise, do not align with Egypt. That is faith. One of my friends used to be heavily involved in fraud back in the day and I kept talking to him about Jesus, not judging him just sharing the Word with him. He told me he did not understand this born again thing and so he can’t give his life to Jesus. When I asked why, he said his girlfriend was born again but was intimate with him. He said, yes I pressure her but if she is really born again she will not agree. He says what baffles him most is when they are done, she will breakdown and cry. That tells me she is born again because if she isn’t it would not bother her. But she always comes back, if she is really born again why will she come back? By the way they were supposed to get married and their families had met. But I ignored all that and kept reaching out to him. Eventually God broke him and he committed his life to Jesus. Then he said to me, I cannot marry that girl. I reminded him that this girl had invested her life in him so why this decision? He said if she is not faithful to Jesus then how would she be faithful to me? Meanwhile the girl was extremely excited about him finding Christ because now they can have their happily ever after, or so she thought. But he cut off the relationship and she was miserable. But I learnt a huge lesson, compromising for anybody is not worth it because when they get it right, they will not compromise for you. A personal example, when I got saved one of the friends I used to hang out with gave me three months to return to ‘the boys’. Three months passed and I was still following Jesus, more than a decade has passed and I am still following Jesus. Today that guy is born again and I did not play any role in his salvation. If I had compromised because of him, today he would now be serving Jesus but where would I be? Faith is personal; the father’s faith cannot save the son, your best friend’s faith cannot save you. Everyone must work out his own salvation.

Prayer: Father, empower me to work out my own faith daily and to rise above compromise daily. Jesus I hinge my faith on You alone, in Jesus Name.