Blessing For TodayMfano

Compromise 

Once, there was a diamond merchant who accepted the Lord as his personal Savior. Every Sunday, he would go to church to worship the Lord. Days passed by and his former friends came seeking him one after the other. They said to him, “The most important and valuable diamond sales take place on Sundays throughout the world. You lose a lot by going to Church on Sundays.” He was influenced by their advice, and gradually stopped going to Church. One particular Sunday, a businessman offered to bring him one of the most expensive diamonds in the world. So, he readily dropped the idea of going to Church and went to buy the diamonds. After their deal, he gave the money to the businessman. He counted all the money and without delay drew out a pistol and pointed at him. He threatened him and escaped with the diamond and the money. The merchant broke into tears, crying out, “Alas! I have lost all my earnings in a fraction of a second.” He had given heed to the advice of the scornful, despising his Lord and in the end he was like an orphan on the street. 

My friend, when you compromise anything that concerns the Lord, this is the end result. Jesus says, whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. So be careful about compromising things of the Lord. If God speaks to You give heed to it. Do not reject it. 

Prayer

“Loving Lord, I thank You for speaking to me through Your words. Unlike this businessman, Lord, I commit myself to You and I will not compromise on anything that concerns You. Hold me together with Your steadfast love. Give me the grace to lend my ears to listen to You. This I ask in Jesus’ name, Amen. 

‘Say no to compromise that concerns the Lord’