Devotion:
Read Daniel 3:8-18.
It is one of my all-time favorite stories of the Bible: three young men in a foreign land who had been groomed to serve the king of that land. But when the king demanded that everyone bow down and worship a statue, they refused. They were loyal to the God of Israel and nobody or no(thing) else. They knew their God was able to rescue them from the king’s response of a fiery death. But their loyalty to God was not dependent on whether God rescued them. They would stay true to God, no matter what happened. That is the essence of what loyalty is. That is how it is defined: to remain true or faithful to a person or cause, no matter the consequences.
While we do not face those kinds of dramatic choices in this day and time, we all do face choices almost every day about whether we will be loyal to the God we say we worship. When we choose love instead of hate, we are being loyal to God. When we choose forgiveness instead of revenge, we are being loyal to God. When we choose generosity rather than greed, we are being loyal to God. What are some other choices you have to regularly make that reveal whether you are being loyal to God?
Personal Worship Option:
Name one choice you have to regularly make in which you struggle to be loyal to God. Pray for God to give you wisdom and courage to make the right choice.
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