The worth of a man is measured by the greatness of his adversaries. You measure a man’s importance by the power of the resistance he faces. You see, the man that God will use will collide with powerful forces because the message in his mouth will be resisted. That’s when God will eventually require him to take decisions that might make him stand alone.
God’s confidence in any man is measured by the kind of decisions he makes. God can dare you to make decisions that are not popular or to take steps that can stir the nest of others. Be sure of one thing though, God will never ask you to do something stupid. If God tells you to do it, you will come out victorious at the end. There may be a lot of heat but if you’re tough enough, you will still be standing when the fire burns out, Hallelujah!
This is one of the things you have to brace yourself for because the level of the calling of God on our lives is such that will make us stand alone often. The prophets of old were seriously persecuted; the apostles were stripped naked, flogged and stoned; some were even killed, but they rejoiced in all these because they made God’s Word and obedience to His voice top priority. The Lord Jesus Christ was also rejected by His own. Therefore, like all these great men of God, be “…followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises” (Hebrews 6:12).
