Hold Fast!
"Hold fast."
2 Timothy 1:13
A recent hiker along the Irish Cliffs of Moher saw an amazing sight.
The wind was blowing so fiercely it caused a waterfall on the Doolin
side of the cliff to flow backward. The man captured the scene with
his phone and posted video online. The water was spraying
upward,
blown by powerful gusts, literally making it a waterfall in reverse.
Similarly, If we aren’t careful, the gusts and gales of cultural pressure
reverse the Godly course of our morals, our behavior, our thoughts,
and habits. When the prophet Daniel was a young man he purposed
in his heart to remain undefiled. As an old man, he was pressured to
compromise his prayer, but he refused to be bullied to disobedience.
Obedience to God’s principles is the highest commitment we can make.
Our biblical beliefs and behaviors may be offensive to the world, but we
must go with the flow, the flow of truth of God that issues from pages of
His Book. The Bible says, “Hold fast the pattern of sound words…. That
good thing which was committed to you, keep by the Holy Spirit who
dwells in us” (2 Timothy 1: 13-14).
"The swift wind of compromise is a lot more
devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune."
Charles Swindoll
