Agreement

Agreement

MY QUESTION for GOD

How can I reach an agreement with others without compromising my convictions?

A MOMENT with GOD

Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food. . . . He asked . . . permission not to eat these unacceptable foods. . . . “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said. . . . The attendant agreed to Daniel’s suggestion. . . . At the end of the ten days, Daniel . . . looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king.

Daniel 1:8, 12, 14-15

When trying to reach an agreement, there is a time to compromise and a time to stand firm. When the forces of evil want their way, you cannot budge. To compromise God’s truth, God’s ways, or God’s Word is to negotiate with that which is unholy. The test of acceptable compromise is simple: Can both parties reach a satisfactory agreement without anyone’s morals being sacrificed? To give up godliness for something less is a bad bargain. Work for harmony and agreement whenever it is possible, but when it is not, pray that God would break through the stalemate and make his will clear.

DIVINE CHALLENGE

BE ON GUARD. STAND FIRM IN THE FAITH. BE COURAGEOUS. BE STRONG.   1 Corinthians 16:13