We all are good at standing firm for the big causes, you know, the real ‘show stoppers’ that we cannot but do something about. But very often we come down from a victory in the big battle to a defeat in the small things of life.

The ‘man of God’ in I Kings 13 was such a one. He stood before Jereboam and boldly proclaimed God’s judgement. When Jereboam invited him to come home the prophet refused because God had commanded him not to stay. Yet this man of God was deceived by another who called himself a prophet and disobeyed God’s command.

We must beware: the enemy will always seek to bring us down in the small things. We are much too aware of the big issues. We are on the lookout for trouble and determined to do right. But when we come back from the battle, that is where we must trust all the more.

It’s not the size of the stand that God is concerned with, but with the steadfastness of our love for Him in all things great and small.

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