And Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you go limping between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him.” And the people did not answer him a word.” 1 Kings 18:21 ESV
In short, no compromise! There’s no other way to say it. Elijah admonished the children of Israel (basically) to get it together. Sounds similar toJesus’ words:
“So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16 ESV
Now if that doesn’t confirm the stance “no compromise,” I don’t know what does!
God doesn’t want us wavering between “the way” and “not the way.” It’s really as simple as that. We must think about it in terms of doing His will. How can we say I delight to do Your will (Psalm 40:8) and then we don’t…actually…do…His will?
Doing His will is often a hard stance. It’s hard because we must do exactly what He says and we cannot waver. We must stand firm and secure knowing that His Word is the final authority. Any deviation from it, is compromise.
We compromise on our obedience. We compromise on our faith. We compromise in word. We compromise in deed. We compromise in conviction. We compromise in execution.
We all have done it. Some sort of compromise–whether or not we would like to admit it.
Compromise may come due to fear, laziness, complacency or ignorance; it’s not acceptable.
Choose to stand firm to obey His written and direct Word to you.
No compromise.
~mnm
