4th April 2025

Make A Stand For God

I sought for a man who would stand in the gap for me . . .

Ezekiel 22:30 

Today's Bible Reading: Daniel 1:1-21.

God is always looking for at least one man (oneperson) in a place, any place, to take a stand for Him (Ezekiel 22:30). He found an Enoch at one time, then a Noah, then an Abraham, and later on an Elijah and a John the Baptist, Steven, and a Paul etc.

In Babylon, He found a Daniel. Although the Bible mentions Daniel's three friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah (who were later renamed Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego) (Daniel 1:7), yet it says in Daniel 1:8 that it was Daniel alone "who purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself". It was only then that the other three also had the courage to take a stand. There are many Hananiahs, Mishaels and Azariahs among believers in many places in the world, who do not have the courage to take a stand for the Lord on their own, but who will take a stand, if a Daniel arises in their midst and takes a stand for the Lord, others will.

Will you today make a stand for the Lord, in your school, collage, at your place of employment, or in your community?

Determine to be a 'Daniel' for the Lord, wherever you are.

Prayer: Father, Help me always to be bold, and to make a stand for You in every situation.

Lord, give me the courage to say no to the things that You want me to refuse; the strength to do the things that You want me to do; and the wisdom to know the difference. In Christ's name. Amen.