It Is Time To Stand

It is time to make a stand against sin and worldliness. The church is to be a light to the world, but it will not fulfill that calling when it is mired by sin. This will be a difficult fight; however, God will empower us as we walk in obedience to His Word. The following illustrates the importance of standing against difficulty.

Margot Asquith tells how she once met a tramp and asked him how he decided which way he would tramp, and his answer was, "I always turn my back to the wind." That was what made him a tramp. He never had the courage to breast the wind and go courageously on in its teeth, or he would have ceased to be a tramp and have become a man. Alas! many people with plenty of money in their pockets are only tramps who always turn their backs to the wind and thus lose the real joy and achievement of life. It was not so with Paul and Barnabas. -- Homiletic Review