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The Point of Turning

There will come a point in our lives when we must turn from the opinions of others to God’s opinion if we are ever going to do what He has asked us to do and remain unstoppable. The opinions of others, of the devil, or of our own flesh might be screaming in our minds. But we have to turn from all that and embrace God’s perspective and our own heart convictions — what we know to be true.

It’s not God’s will for another person to tell us who we are. He wants us to find out who we are from the Word of God and from the Holy Spirit and our fellowship with Him. When we know who we are in Him — when we are moved by His opinion of us — we have the power to become unstoppable.

You can see this played out in the lives of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego — three amazing children of God. When they heard the king command everyone to bow to his golden image, they all responded the same way: “We’re not going to bow! If God doesn’t deliver us, we will burn in your fiery furnace. But we’re not serving your gods.” In essence, they were saying, “We are staying with our conviction and not with your opinion, O king!”

In that moment, there was a turning from the opinions of others to the opinion of God. And as a result, how glorious was the deliverance of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego! They didn’t listen to the opinion of the king; they didn’t listen to the opinion of the thousands who were bowing before the king’s statue. They listened to their own heart conviction and entrusted their lives to God.

Oh, that God would mightily work inside each of us until we have reached the same place of conviction that held those three Hebrew men steady and strong on that day! Let us be willing to say, “I don’t care what anyone says — I’m not going to turn from my God. I’m going to stay with Him. God is well able to deliver me. But if my choice means that I’m going to lose my life, then I will lose my life before I ever deny Him.”

Journal Prompt

Recall a time that you turned away from the opinions of the world to follow what God had told you to do. What was your biggest takeaway from this experience?

Memory Verse

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. — Hebrews 13:5