Making a Stand

There's a difference between making a stand FOR what you believe and making a stand AGAINST what you disagree with. As christians we are called to make a stand for our faith. We are called to make a stand for what we believe in. As the children's hymn goes: "Stand up, stand up for Jesus...", we make a stand for what we believe.

Making a stand for what we believe involves standing up for what we know is right as has been established in the Bible. On a much more personal level it is making a stand and chosing to glorify the name of God in everything which we do.

Too many people see christianity as a set of rules. "Thou shalt not do this", "thou shalt not do that"... .... . And for some christians that is what it has become. Instead of living their whole life to the glory of God, they think of what they are not allowed to do. As Christians, we live our lives out of thankfulness to God for the wonderful gift he has given us in his death on the cross. In that way we do things out of thankfulness to God, not because of the rules. This doesn't mean that rules such as the 10 Commandments do not have their place in our life style. They are there as guidelines in order to teach us HOW to live lives of thankfulness. We want to keep those commandments. A Christian lifestye is not living according to rules which are set before us, a Christain lifestyle is living out of thankfulness to our God and doing ALL to his honour and glory.

Our life is not determined by WHAT we do, it is determined by HOW we do it.