Advice on How to Stand (Episode 176)

When you accept Christ as your personal Savior, that is the beginning of your journey with the Lord. Afterward, you are to walk with Him daily, cultivating your relationship with Him. In this episode, Frank King shares some food for thought on how to stand as a Christian. This is an important subject because when we fail to stand as we should, there are usually consequences—to our finances, to our health, to our home life, etc. It’s never a good strategy in life to just go with the flow of life. You must know how to stand for the outcomes you want to see in your life. In Paul’s first epistle to the church at Corinth, he reflects on a number of unwise acts of the children of Israel and the consequences they suffered. He writes, “Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come” (1 Cor. 10:11, KJV). That would apply to us today. This is such an important point for Paul to make. Even though Israel was under the Law and we are under Grace, we are dealing with the same God. The same things that displeased God in the OT also displease Him today. If that is not true, then how can we learn anything about the nature of God through reading our Bible? Hence, if we want to please Him with our life, we must heed the lessons learned that have been recorded in the Scriptures. They have been recorded for our admonition; for our warning. Paul also warns about being overconfident of our ability to stand: “Let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall” (1 Cor. 10:12, NASB). We do well to heed this counsel if we want to stand for the Lord.