Category: Quote of the Day

The Hebrew children in Babylon did not sound a trumpet or put on a show to declare their nonconformity. They simply remained standing when everybody else knelt before Nebuchadnezzar’s image. That made them conspicuous enough! All you have to do is be faithful to God, and when everybody else is on his knees before the gods that be, just do as you’ve been doing and you will stand out without even trying. Daniel didn’t make a speech or call a news conference or write a statement defying the decree of Darius. He simply went about his devotions “as aforetime.”

Those who would rather be “Red than dead” remind me of the complaint of the Israelites: “… it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilder-ness” (Exodus 14:12). There are always some weak-hearted Christians who would rather capitulate than conquer.