Day 74 – 90 Days in Proverbs - Stand Up
Proverbs 12:7 [NKJV] The wicked are overthrown and [are] no more, But the house of the righteous will stand.
The word translated “will stand” can mean to endure or it can mean to take a stand. The house of the righteous endures specifically because it is a house that also takes a stand.
We, God’s daughters, are not meant to be silent in this world, nor are we meant to be hidden.
Luke 11:33 [ESV] No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or under a basket, but on a stand, so that those who enter may see the light.
God’s own light, His Spirit, has been given to those of us who give their lives to Him for the express purpose of shining that light into the world. We must then hold that light up high – place it on a stand so that it may be lifted higher and shine out further. No one should be left to wonder if I am a Christian, because the light of God in me should be so obvious that they cannot doubt it.
Often, the best way for others to see God’s light is for them to witness us taking a stand. It may be that I intervene when someone is bullied. It may be that I don’t turn and attack a person who has caused me trouble with gossip or back-biting at work, but instead praise and support that person – show them good in return for evil. It may be that I return a soft answer when faced with wrath, or that I risk my job to keep the Sabbath or Holy Days.
Whether in small opportunities or large ones, we must always take a stand on the side of God. As we take a stand, in opportunities both large and small, we build something.
Knowing that Jesus is, and must always be, the foundation of what we build, 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 [NKJV] tells us: 12 Now if anyone builds on this foundation [with] gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, 13 each one's work will become clear; for the Day will declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one's work, of what sort it is. 14 If anyone's work which he has built on [it] endures, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.
When we take a stand for good in this life, when we stand up for God’s ways no matter what we may lose in the process, be build a house of good works. That house of good works we do in this life will stand in the minds of others long after we are gone from this life. It will stand with God, too, in His heart and in eternal rewards for what we have built with His light in us.
Sisters, the children of God take a stand for good, thereby shedding His light into the world and building a history of glorifying God that will stand long past our time on this earth.
PRAYER: Father God, help me to take a stand for you today – a stand for good and against evil; a stand for love and against hate; a stand for peace in a world where there is none; a stand for hope in a world that needs it so much. Lord, I will stand up for you, for your ways, for your Word and for your Son. Show me how and give me always the strength to take a stand so that my house can endure.
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