Stand Up For Christ

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Tuesday morning, the 6th of December, 2022, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“…but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.”
Daniel 11:32

“If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Romans 8:31

John Wesley, the great revivalist said, and I quote, 

“Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils, but if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? Oh be not weary of well-doing.” 

Said by a man who was totally castigated, he was mocked, scorned and beaten. He paid a tremendous price for his faith in Jesus Christ, but he persevered, and he came through at the end. How many more can we say that happened to?

What about men of the calibre of George Whitfield? George Whitfield one of the greatest orators of Christianity, stood in front of crowds of 30,000 people. Some loved him, some hated him. I have seen photo illustrations of men standing next to him while he is preaching, with side drums, playing the drums to try and keep him quiet. Men let off pistols right by his ear, almost singeing his hair but he kept on preaching.

We need to understand that when we stand up for Christ we must be prepared to take a lot of criticism, and even a lot of pain and suffering, but at the end of all of that, oh folks, I want to tell you, there is nothing else worth living for than seeing people come to Christ, lives changed forever.

Today, stand up and remember the Lord is with you and it doesn’t matter what men say.

If Christ is for you and there is no man that will ever stand against you. 
Jesus bless you and goodbye.