Hold Your Position!!! (Part 1)

"...but Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank..." (Daniel 1:8)


It's the sixth century and Judah because of her apostasy has been judged by God and given into the hands of the Babylonians.As an exile Daniel found himself under intense pressure to compromise and completely conform to Babylonian custom and character. For the Babylonians the process of assimilating their Jewish captives involved a process that began with isolation. By removing Daniel and his friends from Jerusalem they would cut them off from their friends, family and faith. Nevertheless, though they took the boys out of Jerusalem they couldn't get Jerusalem out of the boys. Time and time again when pressured to compromise their values, silence their voices and surrender the victory they refused and HELD THEIR POSITION!!! Even when you feel alone in your convictions, conversations and character remember that God commands the blessing in the place of obedience!