Be Steadfast, Unmovable

[Thompson, Darryl]

Be Steadfast, Unmovable

     Therefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord. 1 Cor. 15:58  

     Those who stand in defense of the honor of God, and maintain the
purity of truth at any cost, will have manifold trials, as did our
Saviour in the wilderness of temptation. The yielding temperaments, who
have not courage to condemn wrong, but keep silent when their influence
is needed to stand in the defense of right against any pressure, may
avoid many heartaches and escape many perplexities, and lose a very rich
reward, if not their own souls.  

     Those who in harmony with God, and through faith in Him, receive
strength to resist wrong, and stand in defense of the right, will always
have severe conflicts and will frequently have to stand almost alone.
But precious victories will be theirs while they make God their
dependence. His grace will be their strength. Their moral sense will be
keen, clear, and sensitive. Their moral powers will be equal to
withstand wrong influences. Their integrity, like that of Moses, of the
purest character.  

     It will require moral courage to do God's work unflinchingly. Those
who do this can give no place to self-love, to selfish considerations,
ambition, love of ease, or desire to shun the cross. . . . Shall we obey
His voice, or shall we listen to the soothing voice of the evil one, and
be rocked to a fatal slumber just on the eve of eternal realities?  

     Our Saviour longs to save the young. . . . He is waiting to place
upon their heads the crown of life and hear their happy voices join in
ascribing honor and glory and majesty to God and the Lamb in the song of
victory that shall echo and re-echo throughout the courts of heaven. 

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