The Uncertain Soldier
Paul Harvey tells the story of the uncertain soldier in our Civil War who, figuring to play it safe, dressed himself in a blue coat and gray pants and tiptoed out onto the field of battle. He got shot from both directions!
The Bible is full of examples of individuals who compromised in one form or another and their ensuing losses. Lot who separated from Abram and moved as far as Sodom {mostip title=Gen-13:12-13}Abram settled in Canaan; Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent near Sodom. The people of Sodom were evil--flagrant sinners against GOD.
(Genesis 13:12-13 
MSG){/mostip}
Samson who compromised with Delilah {mostip title=Jdg-16:1-2}Samson went to Gaza and saw a prostitute. He went to her. The news got around: “Samson’s here.” They gathered around in hiding, waiting all night for him at the city gate, quiet as mice, thinking, “At sunrise we’ll kill him.” (Judges 16:1-2 MSG){/mostip}; and Solomon who loved many foreign women {mostip title=1Ki-11:1-4} King Solomon was obsessed with women. Pharaoh’s daughter was only the first of the many foreign women he loved--Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite. He took them from the surrounding pagan nations of which GOD had clearly warned Israel, “You must not marry them; they’ll seduce you into infatuations with their gods.” Solomon fell in love with them anyway, refusing to give them up. He had seven hundred royal wives and three hundred concubines--a thousand women in all! And they did seduce him away from God. As Solomon grew older, his wives beguiled him with their alien gods and he became unfaithful--he didn’t stay true to his GOD as his father David had done. (1 Kings 11:1-4 MSG) {/mostip} are but a few examples.
What about times when we are tempted to compromise our faith or beliefs? Will we stay strong or try and wear the blue and gray? Think about it!
"Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of His might" {mostip title=Eph-6:10}And that about wraps it up. God is strong, and he wants you strong.
(Ephesians 6:10 MSG){/mostip}
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