No Compromise
by Kenneth Copeland
With the presidential election just a year away, many Americans are looking are looking at all the trouble erupting around the world and asking, What kind of leaders do we need at this point in history?
That’s an important question. As believers, every one of us needs to hear from God about it. If we haven’t already, in the coming months we need to find out who He wants in office and how He wants us to vote. But there’s also another big question we need to be seeking Him about right now. One that’s just as vital.
As we see believers, both in this country and abroad, facing increasing pressure to back off from their faith—to be quiet about it and keep it out of sight where it won’t bother anyone—we need to be asking: What kind of Christians do we need to be at this point in history?
Obviously, the Bible has a great deal to say about that. But recently I was particularly reminded of one specific passage in the Old Testament. It speaks very directly to the issues we’re facing today. It tells about a man of God who lived his faith boldly in the midst of a heathen culture, even when that boldness threatened to cost him his very life.
I’m sure you remember the story. It’s the one about Daniel getting thrown into the lions’ den. It’s recorded in Daniel 6 and it begins like this: “It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes…and over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm” (verses 1-3).
Right there in the very beginning of the story, we find the answer to the question, What kind of believers do we need to be right now?
We need to be people who are known for having an excellent spirit!
That’s what Daniel was known for and it made him a light in a dark nation. It caused him to be trusted and promoted into a position of great influence and authority. It caught people’s attention and made him an unstoppable force for the kingdom of God.
As believers, you and I have the same kind of spirit. As joint heirs with Jesus, we’ve been given His “more excellent name” (Hebrews 1:4). We’re co-laborers in His “more excellent ministry” (Hebrews 8:6) and partakers of His “excellent glory” (2 Peter 1:17).
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