Psalm 106:30-31
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.
Honoring God increasingly appears radical when those around you are laying down in complacency. Being moved by the world requires nothing more than drifting along. And nothing is easier to do than nothing. So, compared to those around us geographically and historically, the faithful will often appear unorthodox or out of sync, and so much so, the better! Our physical and temporal neighbors may find our faith too much, but our descendants will honor our zeal as they honor the stars in the skies that stand out against the black backdrop.
Philippians 2:14-18
Do all things without murmurings and disputings: That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
The following did not labor or stand up and stand out in vain: Phinehas, the Egyptian midwives, Ehud, Jael, ,Jehoiada, Azariah, Rahab, John Knox, Jenny Geddes, Hellen Stirk, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Artur Pawlowski, etc…
There are, of course, many other stars in the heavens, so much so, that Abraham could not count them, but stand up in the midst of this crooked generation and you will join them in standing out and you too will shine forever with the glory of Christ and be counted by Him who never loses count.
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